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RESOLUTION 

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In  Convention, 
Monday,  December  24,  i860. 

Resolved,  That  immediately  after  the  Convention  shall 
have  terminated  its  present  session  in  Charleston,  the  several 
Ordinances  adopted  by  it,  together  with  the*  journal  of  it* 
public  proceedings,  be  ] >ri  1  it <■<!  in  pamphlet  form  :  ami  that 
five  hundred  copies  1"'  struck  off  for  tli<'  use  of  the  Conven- 
tion* to  be  disposed  ofj  under  the  direction  of  the  President 


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JOURNAL  OF  THE  CONVENTION. 


MONDAY,  DECEMP.KK  17,  1860. 
4 

Pursuant  to  an  Art  of  the  General  Assembly  oi  the 
State  of  South  Carolina,  entitled  "an  Act  to  provide  for 
the  calling  of  a  Convention  of  the  People  of  this  State" 
ratified  the  9th  day  of  November,  1860,  the  Delegate  -  from 
the  several  Election  District-  of  this  State,  assembled  in  the 
Baptist  Church,  in  the  town  of  Columbia,  on  this  day,  at 
twelve  o'clock,  m. 

<  > 1 1  motion  of  Mr.  James  II.  A.dams,  of  Richland,  Mi. 
I>.  F.  Jamison,  a  Delegate  from  Barnwell,  was  railed  to 
the  chair. 

On  motion  of  Mr.    J.    Izard •Middleton,  of  All    Saints,  it 

/'.  Ived,  That  the  President  appoint  a  member  of  tin 
Convention  temporary  Secretary. 

The  President,  in  accordance  with  tlii>  Resolution, 
requested  Mr.  T.  Y.  Simons,  of  St.  Philip  ami  St. 
Michael,   to  act   a-  temporary  try;    ami    then  ad- 

wed  the  <  Convention  as  follow  I : 

We  have  met  here  under  circumst  more 

solemn  than  any  of  ni  bai  b*  •  n  plaa  d   in  \«  < 

Ho  "if  .  it  -  luly  impn  ssed  with  the  in;. 

tude  of  the  work  before  him,  who  '!"•  une 

time,  feel  that  be  i-  aboot   t<>  enter  upon  I  and 


4<;i!! 


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mo  'i  ad  which  has  fallen  to  tin-  lot  of  this  genera- 

tion to  accomplish.  It  i-  do  toes  than  our  fixed  determina- 
tion t"  throw  off  a  Government  to  which  we  hare  been 
accustomed,  and  to  provide  new  safeguards  for  our  future 
nitv.  [f  anything  has  been  decided  bj  the  elections 
which  sent  na  lure,  it  is.  that  South  Carolina  must  dissolve 
her  connection  with  the  Confederacy  as  speedily  as  possi- 
ble. 

In  the  progress  of  this  movemenl  we  have  two  greal 
dangers  to  fear — overtures  from  without,  and  precipitation 
within.  I  trust  that  the  door  is  now  forever  closed  to  all 
further  connection  with  our  Northern  confederates;  for 
what  guarantees  can  they  offer  as,  more  strictly  guarded, 
or  under  higher  sanctions,  than  the  presenl  written  corn- 
pad  between  \\>''.  And  did  that  sacred  instrument  protect 
us  from  the  jealousy  ami  aggressions  of  the  North,  com- 
menced forty  years  ago,  which  resulted  in  the  Missouri 
<  lompromise ? 

Did  the  Constitution  proted  us  from  the  cupidity  of  the 
Northern  people,  who.  for  thirty-live  years,  have  imposed 
the  burden  of  supporting  the  General  Government  chiefly 
on  the  industry  of  the  South  ?  Did  it  save  us  from  Aholi- 
tion  petitions,  designed  to  annoy  and  insult  us,  in  the  very 
hall-  of  our  Federal  Congress?     Hid  it  enable  us  to  obtain 

ingle  fool  of  the  soil  acquired  in  the  war  with  Mexico, 
where  the  South  furnished  three-fourt lis  of  the  money. 
two-thirds  of  the  men,  and  four-fifths  of  the  graves  ?     1  >id 

■;.) e   any  obstacle   t<>    the  erection  of  California   into  a 

-soil  State,  without  any  previous  territorial  existence, 
without  any  defined  boundaries,  or  any  census  of  her  popu- 
lation? Did  it  throw  any  protection  around  the  Southern 
iettlere  of  Kansas,  when  the  soil  of  that  territory  was 
invaded  by  the  emissaries  of  Emigrant  Aid  Societies,  in  a 
crusade  preached  from  Northern  pulpits,  when  churchmen 
and  women  contributed  sharp's  rifles  and  Colt's  revolvers, 
to  swell  the  butchery  of  Southern  men'.''  And  has  not  that 
Constitution  been  trodden  under  foot  by  almost  every 
State,  in    their  Ordinances   nullifying  all    laws 


Con  vi  \  1 1  oh  of  1860.  7 

made  for  the  recovery  of  fugitive  slaves,  by  which  untold 
millions  of  property  have  been  losl  to  the  South? 

Le1  ua  be  no  longer  duped  by  paper  securities.  Written 
Constitutions  are  worthless,  unless  they  are  written  at  the 
Bame  time,  in  the  hearts,  and  founded  <»n  the  interests  of  a 
people;  and  as  there  is  no  common  bond  of  sympathy  or 
interest  between  the  North  and  the  South,  all  efforts  to 
p reserve  this  dnion  will  not  only  be  fruitless,  but  fatal  to 
the  less  numerous  section.  The  other  danger  to  which  I 
referred,  may  arise  from  too  great  impatience  on  the  part 
of  our  people  to  precipitate  the  issue,  in  nol  waiting  until 
they  Can  strike  with  the  authority  <>f  law. 

At  the  moment  of  inaugurating  a  great  movement  like 
the  present,  1  trust  thai  we  will  ,uro  forward,  and  not  be 
diverted  from  our  purpose  by  influences  from  without.  In 
the  outset  of  this  movement  1  can  offer  you  no  better  motto 
than  Danton's,  at  the  commencement  of  the  French  Revo- 
lution :  "To  dare!  and  again  to  dare!  and  without  end  to 
dare  !" 

Mr.    .1.    TT.    Adams,  of  Richland,  offered  the  following 

resolutions  : 

/.'■  olved,  That  the  proceedings  of  this  meeting  be  opened 
with  prayer,  and  that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Breaker  1"'  invited  to 
officiate  this  morning. 

/.'■  wived.  That  each  successive  day  of  our  Convention  be 
opened  with  prayer,  and  that  the  President  of  the  Conven- 
tion be  request*  d  t<>  invite  some  clergy  man  to  perform  that 
duty. 

The  question  being  taken,  the  resolution  was  agreed  to, 
and  the  proceedings  were  opened  with  pray*  rdingly. 

The  President  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following 
communication  : 

If  i:  .  I >•  •  .  17.  I860. 

To  tin  II  /' 

Peoplec 

Sir,— In  a danc<    with  a  resolution  I   by  iii<^ 

II     k    this  <\a\.  I  have  the  hoi  [tending  to  you  and 


JOUBNAL  OF    i  in: 

members  of  the  Convention,  an  invitation  to  attend 
tip-  inauguration  of  the  Governor  elect,  to  take  place  this 
daj  in  the  Ball  of  the  I [ouae  of  Etepresentati 
With  profound  respect, 

I  bave  the  honor  to  be, 
Respectfully  \ ours, 

JAMJCS  k.\i;i;u\v. 

Chairman  OonvmUta  of  Arrangen 

On  motion  of  Mr.  James  L.  Orr,  of  Anderson,  it  was 

//  olved,  That  the  communication  1"'  laid  on  the  table 
until  the  organization  of  the  Convention  is  completed. 

The  credentials  of  the  following  individuals  were  then 
exhibited,  and  their  names  enrolled  as  members  of  the 
( lonvention  : 

AVbeville—ThoB.  Chiles  ivrrin.  Edw.  ffpble,  J.  II.  Wil- 
son, Thos.  Thomson,  David  Louis  Wardlaw,  Jno.  Alfred 
Calhoun. 

All  Saint — lohn  [zard  Middleton,  Benjamin  E.  Sessions, 
'arson — J.  X.  Whitner,  -lames  L.  Orr,  J.  P.  K<«'<1.  R. 
l-\  Simpson,  Benjamin  Franklin  Mauldin. 

Barnwell— Ijewie  Malone  Aver.  Jr.,  W.  Peronnean  Pin- 
ley,  J.J.  Brabham,  Benj.  W.  Lawton,  I».  F.  Jamison. 

Chester — rno.    MEcKee,    Thomas    W".    Moore,   Richard 

Woods,    A.  Q.    I  >iiii(.v;int. 

Chesterfield — l<>lni  A.  Englis,  Henry  Mclver,  Stephen 
Jackson. 

Christ  Church — W.  Pinckney  Shingler,  Peter  P.  Bon- 
neau. 

Clarendon — lohn  P.  Richardson,  John  J.  [ngram. 

Darlington — Edgar  W.  Charles,  Julius  A.  Dargan,  Isaac 
I ).  Wilson,  John  M.  Timmons. 

Edgefield— Vraacia  Hugh  Warsaw,  R.  Gh  M.  Dunovant, 
James  Parsons  Carroll,  Wm.  Gregg,  Andrew  J.  Hammond, 
James  Tompkins,  James  C.  Smyly. 


Convention  of  1860.  9 

Fairfield — I<>lm  Hugh  Means,  William  Strother  Lyles, 
Henry  Campbell  Davis,  Jno.  Buchanan. 

QreenviUi — Fames  C.  Furman,  P.  E.  Duncan,  W.  K. 
Easley,  James  Harrison,  W.  H.Campbell. 

Hbrry— Thos.  W.  Beaty,  Wm.  J.  EIRs. 

Kershaw—^.  J.  Withers,  James  Chesnut,  Jr. 

Zxtncaster — K.  L.  Crawford,  W.  C.  Cauthen,  D.  I*.  Robia- 

SOll. 

Zxiurens — 11.  0.  Xoung,  11.  W.  Garlington,  John  I). 
Williams,  W.  D.  Watts,  Thoe.  Wmt. 

I  ington — 11.  I.  Caughnian,  John  C.  Geiger,  Paul  Quat- 
tlebaum. 

i/  ;,., — w.  B.  Rowell,  Ohesley  D.  Evant,  Wm.  W. 
Harllee,  A.  W.  Bethea. 

Marlboro' — F.  W.  Goodwin,  William  D.Johnson,  Alex. 
MeLeod. 

\  vberry — John  1'.  Kinanl.  Robert  Moorman,  Joseph 
Caldwell,  Simeon  Fair. 

Orange — Thomas  Worth  Glover,  Lawrence  M.  Keitt, 
I  tonald  Rowe  Barton. 

Pickens — Wm.  Hunter,  Andrew  F.  Lewis,  Robt.  A. 
Thompson,  William  8.  Grisham,  John  Maxwell. 

Prina    Williams — In-'.  E.  Frampton,   W.  Ferguson  Tint- 

Richland — W.  F.  De  Saussure,   William   Il'^'kinmlamr* 
II.  Adam-.  Maxcy  Gn  .: /.  John  II.  Kinsler. 
8l.    1/"  Ephraim  M.  ("lark.  Alex.  II.  Brown. 

>'/.  Bariholomew'6 — K.  St.  I'.  Bellinger,  Merrick  F.  Carn, 
E.  R.  Hend(  ra  m,  Peter  8to1 

Dorchester — Daniel  Flud,  David  C.  Appleby. 
St.  Helena — 1(.  W.  Barnwell,  Jos.  Dan'l  Pope. 

.  '/        '     eh — I"lni  M.  Shingler,  C.  P.  Brown. 
J  I  >aui<  I  I  >u  Pre,  A.  Mazyck. 

St.  J  Cain,  P.  G.  Snowden. 

Colleton — Geo.  W.  Seabrook,  John  Jenkins. 
/  I;.  .1.  Davant,  E.  M.  >.  abrook. 

V  John  J.  Waiinamak<  P. 


S  .  /'  •    '     -  Langdon  < )he\  1 1.1  od<  3. 

ISt.  MkhaeVs — A.. G. Magrath, Wm.  Porcher 
Miles.  John  Townsend,  Robert  N.  Gourdin,  II.  W.  Con- 
ner, Theodore  l>.  Wagner,  EL  Barnwell  Iilnii.  0.  G.  fciem- 
minger,  Qabriel  Manigault,  John  Julius  Pringle  Smith, 
Isaac  \V.  Hayne,  .hi".  II.  Honour,  Rich'd  DeTrerflle, 
The*.  M.  Hanckel,  A.  \V.  Burnet,  Thoa  7.  Bimona,  L. 
\V.  Spratt,  WlllUma  Middleton,  F.  I>.  Richardson,  15.  II. 
Rutledge,  Edward  McCrady,  Francis  J.  Porcher. 

St.  Stephen's — T.  L.  Gourdin,  John  B.  Palmer. 

St.    Thomas'  and  St.   Dennis' — Fohu  L.   Nowell,  John  S. 
O'Hear. 

Spartanburg — Ibhn  G.  Landrum,  B.  B.  Foster,  Benjamin 
1'.  Kilgore,  J.  II.  Carlisle,  Simpson  Bobo,  Wm.  Curtis. 

Sumter — II.  D.  Green,  Matthew  P.  Mayes,  Thomas  Reese 
English,  Sr.,  Albertua  Chambers  Spain. 

Union — I.  M.  Gadberry,  J.  S.  Sims.  Wm.  EL  Gist,  James 
Jefferies. 

Williamsburg — Anthony  W.  Dozier,  John  G.   Pressley, 
R.  C.  Logan. 

Winyaw — Francis  S.  Parker,  Benjamin  Fanenil  Dunkin, 
Samuel  Taylor  Atkinson,  Alex.  M.  Forster. 

York — William   Blackburn    Wilson,   Robert  T.  Allison. 
Samuel    Rainey,    A.   Baxter  Springs,  A.    I.   Barron, 


On  motion  of  Mr.  Quattlebaum,  of  Lexington,  the  Con- 
tention proceeded  to  ballot  forpermanent   President,  with 

The  following  result  : 

First  Ballot. 

Whole  number  of  votes  east 151 

Necessary  to  a  choice 76 

Mr.  W.  II.  Gist received   11  votes. 

.1.   L.  On- "  22        " 

.1.  Chesnut,  >lr "        22       - 

U.  W.  Barnwell "        17      " 

I).   F.  Jamison  "        15      - 


Convention  of  1860. 


11 


D.  L.  Wardlaw  received  15  votes, 


J.  P.  Carroll  

J.  0.  Ftirman 

R.  ?>.  Rhett 

B.  V.  Dunkin 

.!.  II.  Adams  

J.  A.  Inglis 

.1.  P.   Richardson   .. 

1 ).  J.  Jamison 

\V.  V.  DeSaussure 

J.  IT.   Means   

Blank  


Second  Ballot. 

WTiole  number  of  votes  cast 152 

Necessarj  to  a  choice 77 

Mr.  W.  II.  Gist received  38  votes, 


.1.  L.  Orr 

•1).  F.  Jamison  . 
J.  ( Ihesnnt,  Jr.  . 
D.  L.  Wardlaw  . 
K.  W.  Barnwell. 
.1.  P.  Carroll  .... 
B.  F.  Dunkin  .... 
I ).  .1.  Jamison.... 
J.  P.  Richardson. 


31 

*J7 

27 

13 

12 

1 

1 

1 

1 


Third  Ballot 
Wli<»l<-  number  of  votes  casl  150 


ry  to  a  choice. 


Mr.  D.  F.  Jamison   received  'U  vote? 


•  I.  L.  Orr 

W.  II.  Qis1 

.1.  <  Ihesnut,  Jr. 
EL  W.  Barnwel 
D.  L.  Wardlaw 
|).  .1.  Jamison 


32 

17 
0 

a 

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12  Journal  of  tiik 

Fourth  Ballot 

Whole  number  of  votes  cast 151 

v  to  b  choice W 

Mr.  1>.  F.  Jamison  received   118  votes, 

.!.  L.  Opt    "  30      " 

.J.  Chesnut,  Jr "  8      " 

Mr.  .1.  Izard  Middleton,  of  All  Saims.  was  called  tempo- 
rarily to  the  Chair,  and  announced  thai  Mr.  I>.  F.  Jamison, 
having  received  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast,  was  duly 
elected  permanent  President  of  the  Convention. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  A.  W.  Burnet,  of  St.  Philip's  and  St. 
Michael's,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  of  three  be  appointed  to 
conduct  the  President  elect  to  the  Chair. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  appointed :  Messrs.  A.  W. 
Burnet,  Thomas  Thomson  and  W.  Porcher  Miles. 

The  President  elect,  on  taking  the  Chair,  addressed  the 
Convention  as  follows : 

Q     'lemen  of  //<<  Convention: 

When  I  say  that  I  have  no  words  to  express  the  gratifi- 
cation which  your  confidence  has  afforded  me,  I  only  say 
precisely  what  I  mean.  There  is  no  honor  1  esteem  more 
highly  than  to  Bign  the  Ordinance  oi  Secession,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  this  body;  bu1  I  will  regard  it  as  the  greatesl 
honor  of  my  life  to  sign  it  as  your  presiding  officer. 
We  have  entered  on  a  great  work,  and  God,  who  holds 
in    His   hand-   the   destinies    of    nations,   only    knows   what 

may  be  the  result.  That  it  may  lead  to  the  honor  and 
glory  of  South  Carolina  is  my  most  fervent  prayer.  Ma\ 
God  aid  our  state!  L  am  too  little  accustomed  to  the 
duties  of  presiding  over  a  body  like  this,  not  to  feel  my 
want  of  qualification  for  the  position  yon  have  assigned 
me;  and  I  have  been  so  long  withdrawn  from  deliberative 


Convention  of  18n<).  13 

bodies,  that  I  must  ask  your  indulgence  for  the  errors  1 
may  commit  I  stated  in  commencing  that  I  was  so  over- 
come by  your  confidence  that  ]  had  nothing  to  say.  All  I 
can  do  would  be  to  express  but  imperfectly  the  emotions 

that  agitate  my  bosom. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Quattlebaum,  <»i'  Lexington,  ii  was 

Resolved,  That  the  rules  adopted  by  the  Convention  of 
South  Carolina  in  A>pril,  1852,  he  adopted  by  this  Conven- 
tion f<»r  the  government  of  the  same. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  W.  S.  Lylea,  of  Fairfield,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  President  of  the  Convention  be  au- 
thorized to  appoint  a  Clerk,  a  Messenger,  and  a  Door 
Keeper  for  the  Convention. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  J.  II.  Adams,  of  Richland,  it  was 

Rcsohrif,  That  the  Hon.  John  A.  Elmore,  Commissioner 
to  this  Convention  from  the  State  of  Alabama,  and  the 
Hon.  Charles  E.  Hooker,  Commissioner  from  the  State  of 
Mississippi,  be  invited  to  take  seats  <>n  the  floor  of  the  Con- 
vention. 

//■  olved,  That  a  Committee  of  three  be  appointed  by 
the  Chair  to  wait  on  the  Hon.  Messrs.  Elmore  ami  Hooker, 
and  invite  them  to  address  the  Convention,  in  the  Hall,  this 
evening,  at  seven  o'clock. 

Tin'  ('hair  appointed  Messrs.  .1.  If.  Adams.  I.  W.  Hayne, 
and  A.  W.  Burnet,  said  Committee. 

(hi  m-. lion  of  Mr.  Keitt,  of  Orange,  it  wm 

/.'    olved,  That   a   Committee  of  three   be   appointed    to 

wait  on  the  lion.  Howell  <  Jobb,  "1  Gh  orgia,  and  in  vile  him 
to  ;i  seat  on  the  floor  of  the  <  Jonvention. 

Chair  appointed   Messrs.  I..  M.  Keitt,  J.  L.  t  >n-.  ami 
W.  b.  Mil*  a,     fid  ( lommitb 


14  .l"i  EUIAL  01  Tin: 

Mi-,  [nglis,  of  Chesterfield,  offered  the  following  resolu- 
tions : 

Resolved,  Thai  when  this  Convention  adjourns,  il  Btand 
adjourned  to  mee!  in  the  City  of  Charleston,  on  Tuesday, 
the  18th  inst.,  at  four  o'clock. 

lved\  Thai  the  Delegates  from  St.  Phillip's  and  Si 
Michael's  be  requested  to  procure  a  Buitable  building  for 
the  said  meeting,  and  be  requested  to  reporl  to  the  Presi- 
denl  of  this  <  invention  as  to  the  same. 

Mr.  Mazyck,  of  St  James',  Santee,  moved  to  lay  the  reso- 
lutions on  the  table.     Ayes,  68;  NTays,  87. 

Mr.  \Y.  V.  De  Saussure,  of  Richland,  moved  to  amend 
the  resolutions  by  striking  ou1  '^Tuesday,  the  isth,"  and 
inserting  "Wednesday,  the  19th." 

On  motion  of  Mr.  -I.  -I.  I'.  Smith,  of  St.  Philip's  ami  St. 
Michael's,  tin'  amendmenl  was  laid  on  the  tabic. 

The  original  resolutions  were  then  agreed  to. 

<>n  motion  of  Mr.  J.  J.  AVannanutkcr,  of  St.  Matthew'^, 
it  was  ordered  that 

Whereas,  At  the  election  held  in  St.  Mathew's  Parish, for 
delegates  to  the  Convention,  to  convene  on  this  day,  but 
one  candidate  received  a  majority  of  votes  cast.  The  uexl 
two  receiving  the  same  numbers,  there  was  consequently 
hut  one  elected.  The  Parish  being  entitled  to  two,  isbul 
in  pari  represented  :  therefore. 

Resolved,  That  the  Presidenl  of  the  Convention  do  issue 
a  writ  of  .lection,  to  he  held  «>n  Monday,  the  24th  instant, 
in  all  respects  as  (lie  former,  to  till  said  vacancy. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Ma.vv  Gregg,  of  Richland,  the  Con- 
vention took  a  recess  until  seven  o'clock,  i\  M. 

THOMAS    V.  SIMONS, 

71  mporary  Secretary. 


Convention  of  1860.  1f> 

RECESS. 

The  President  resigned  the  Chair. 

The  Presidenl  announced  the  following  gentlemen  as 
officers  of  the  Convention,  viz:  V*.  V.  Arthur,  Clerk;  C. 
().  LaMotte,  Messenger;  and  Samuel  J.  Nettles,  Doorkeeper. 

Mr.  Adams,  from  the  Committee  appointed  to  wail  upon 
the  Commissioners  from  the  State  of  Alabama,  and  from 
the  State  of  Mississippi,  introduced  to  the  Convention,  Hon. 
John  A.  Elmore,  Commissioner  from  the  State  of  Alabama, 
and  Son.  Charles  E.  Hooker,  Commissioner  from  the  State 
of  Mississippi,  who,  respectively,  addressed  the  Convention. 

Mr.  J.  B.  Kershaw,  delegate  from  Kershaw,  appeared  at 
the  Clerk's  desk,  produced  his  credentials,  signed  the  roll 
and  took  li is  seat. 

Mr.  [nglis  offered  the  following  Resolutions  : 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  Convention  that, 
the  State  "l  South  Carolina  should  forthwith  secede  from 
the  Federal  Onion,  known  as  the  United  States  of  America. 

/.'   olved,  That  a  Committee  of mem  her-  be  appointed 

to  draft  an  Ordinance,  proper,  to  be  adopted  by  this  Con- 
vention, in  order  to  accomplish  this  purpose  of  secession; 
and  that  individual  members  desiring  to  submit  for  the 
consideration  of  the  Convention,  any  draft  or  scheme  of 
such  Ordinance,  be  requested  to  hand  ih<  same,  without 
delay,  to  the  said  <  Committee. 

/.'  ■'>■.■/.  That  the  Acl  ofthe  General  Assembly  of  this 
State,  providing  for  the  assembling  of  this  Convention,  be 
referred  to  the  same  Committee,  with  instructions  to  con- 
sider and  report  thereon. 

The  question  being  put,  will  the  Convention  to  the 

lir~t  resolution?  it  passed  in  the  affirmative: 
.  169  ;  nays,  none. 

led,  and 

Those  who  voted  in  the  affirmative,  an 


16 


JnlKNAI.    "I       !  1:1 


Bon.  I>.  1'.  .1  lm 

1  'i  isidenl  :  and 

Messi 

■s.  Adams, 

Ellis, 

Allison, 

English, 

Appleby, 

Evans, 

Atkinson, 

Fair. 

Barnwell, 

Finley, 

Barron, 

Flud, 

Barton, 

Forster, 

Beaty, 

Foster, 

Bethea, 

Frampton, 

Bellinger, 

Furman, 

Bob©, 

<  iadhrrrv. 

Bonncau, 

<  Darlington, 

Brabham, 

( teiger, 

Bro\n  ii.  A.  II. 

Gist, 

Brown,  C.  P. 

( Hover, 

Buchanan, 

( loodwin, 

Burnet, 

Gourdin,  \l.  N. 

( '.tin. 

Gourdin,  T.  L. 

Calhoun, 

(  Iregg,    M:i\rv 

Caldwell, 

( Iregg,  William 

Campbell, 

( 1  risham, 

Carlisle, 

Hammond, 

Carroll, 

Harllee, 

( iaughman, 

Harrison, 

Cauthen, 

Hayne, 

Charles, 

1  [enderson, 

( 'hesnut, 

Honour, 

( Iheves, 

1  [opkins, 

Clarke, 

1  [unter, 

Conner, 

1  1  lit- Ml. 

( 'raw  ford, 

[nglis, 

( iurtis, 

Digram, 

Dargan, 

Jackson, 

Davant, 

Jefieries, 

Davis, 

Jenkins,  John 

1  )<•  Saussure, 

Jenkins,  J,  E. 

D<  Treville, 

Johnson, 

Dozier, 

Eeitt, 

Duncan, 

Kershaw, 

Dunkin, 

Kilgore, 

I>uii<p\ ant,  A.  Q, 

Kinard, 

Dunovant,  R.  Gh  M. 

Kinslcr, 

Du  Pre, 

Landrum, 

Easley, 

Lawton, 

Convention  of  1860. 


17 


Lewis, 

Logan, 

Lvles, 

M<<  Jrady, 

Mclver, 

McKee, 

McLeod, 

Magrath, 

Manigault, 

MauMin, 

Maxwell, 

Mayes, 

Mazyck, 

M   .his. 

Middleton,  John  Izard 

Middleton,  W. 

Mil 

Mooiv. 

Moorman, 

Noble, 

Nowell, 

O'Hear, 

Orr, 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Po] 

Porcher, 

Pressley, 

Quattlebaum, 

Rainey, 

!>'•  ed, 

Rhett, 

Rhodes, 

Richard  on,  F.   I  >. 


Richardson,  J.  1'. 
Rowell, 

Scott. 

S. 'aim. <.k.  E.  M. 

Beabrook,G.  W.,  Sr. 

Sessions, 

Shingler,  -I.  M. 

Bhingler,  W.  P. 

(Simons, 

Simpson, 

Smyly 

Smitn, 

Snowden, 

Spain, 

Spratt, 

Sprii 

Stokes, 

Sims, 

Thompson,  11.  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 

Timmons, 

Tompkins, 

Townsend, 

Wagner, 

Wannamaker, 

Wardlaw,  D.  L. 

Wardlaw,  F.  U. 

Wier, 

Whitner, 

Williams, 

Wilson,  T.  D. 

Wilson,  J.   IF. 

Wilson,  W.  B. 

Withers, 

Woods. 


The  Convention  proceeded  to  the  consideration  of  the 
second  resolution. 

Mr.  Rhetl   m  nred   to  amend   ti  d  resolution  bj 

addiug  the  words,  "all   the   matters   appertaining  i<»  the 
business  of  the  <  Jou\  ention." 

( >n  motion  of  Mr.  Sutson,  1 1 1 « -  amendm  l<     d 

t<>  lie  <ni  the  table. 

(»n  motion  of  Mr.  I>.  I>.  Wardlaw,  die  blank  wi 
•_' 


1  -  JOUBNAL    OF    T1IK 

with  the  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  ••  r  -«'vcii  ;   and    the   resolution  was  agreed  U). 

Mi-,  [nglis  withdrew  the  third  resolution. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Orr,  the  Bon.  Henry  Dicklnttdn,  Com- 
missioner from  the  State  of  Mississippi  t"  the  State  of  Del- 
aware, was  invited  to  a  scat  on  tin-  floor  of  the  Convention. 

()n  motion  of  Mr.  Manigault,  it  was 

Ivedf  Thai  it  is  the  earnesl  desire  of  this  Convention 
thai  the  Conimissioners  from  the  States  of  Alabama  and 
Mississippi  accompany  the  Convention  to  Charleston. 

( )n  motion  of  Mr.  Pope,  ir  was 

_Rr.s'('/''o/,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  he  returned 
to  the  Baptist  Congregation,  of  Columbia,  for  the  use  of 
their  building. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Keitt,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  a  nlessage  he  -nit  to  the  Committee  of 
Arrangements  <>f  the  Legislature,  returning  the  thanks  of 
the  Convention  for  their  invitation  to  attend  the  inaugu- 
ration ofthe  Governor,  and  explaining  why  this  Conven- 
tion could  not  attend. 

The  President  presented  the  credentials  <>f  Hon.  John  A. 
Elmore,  Commissioner  from  the  State  6f  Alabama,  and  the 
credential-  of  Son.  Charles  E.  Hooker,  Commissioner  from 
the  State  of  Mississippi,  which  were  ordered  to  be  tiled  and 

entered  "ii  the  Journal. 

<>n  motion,  the  Convention  was  adjourned  at  ten  o'clock, 

P.  M. 

B.  P.  ARTHUR, 

(  '(<  /7,  of  the  Convention. 


Com  ran  [oh  of  1860.  19 

STATE  OF  MISSISSIPPI. 
John  J.  Pbttus,  Governor  of  the  State  of  Mississippi, 

To  His  Excellency,  the  Gfovernor  of  the  State  of  South  Caro- 
lina, Greeting: 

Be  it  KNOWN,  That,  reposing  special  trust  and  confidence 
in  the  ability,  integrity  and  fitness  of  Hon.  C.  E.  Hooker. 
I  have,  in  compliance  with  a  Resolution  passed  by  the 
slature  of  this  State,  on  the  30tli  day  of  November, 
A.  D.  1860,  appointed,  and  l>y  these  presents  do  appoint 
him  a  Commissioner  from  Mississippi,  to  proceed  to  the 
Capita]  of  South  Carolina,  to  inform  the  people  of  that 
Commonwealth,  through  their  Executive,  that  the  Legisla- 
ture of  this  State  has  passed  an  Act  calling  a  Convention  of 
the  people  of  the  State,  to  consider  the  present  threatening 
relations  of  the  Northern  and  Southern  sections  of  the 
United  Slates — aggravated  by  the  recent  election  of  a  Pres- 
ident upon  principles  of  hostility  to  the  States  of  the  South, 
and  to  express  the  earnest  hope  of  Mississippi  that  South 
Carolina  will  co-operate  with  her  in  the  adoption  of  effi- 
cient measures  for  the  common  defence  and  safety  of  the 
South. 

Given  under  my  hand,  and  the  Great  Seal  of  the  State 
hereunto  affixed,  at  the  City  of  Jackson,  this  6th  day  of 
December,  A.  I».  1S60. 

l'.y  the  Governor, 
[L.8.]  JOHN  J.  I'KTTUS. 

('.  A.  BftouoHEE,  Secretary  of  State. 


Convention  of  I860.  21 

STATE  OF   A  LAP,  AM  \. 

EXECI  TIVE    I  >, 

Montgomery,  Ala.,  I  ><•<-.  8,  I860. 

Whereas,  tin'  election  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  a  Black 
Republican,  to  the  Presidency  of  the  United  States,  by  a 
purely  sectional  vote,  and  by  ;>  party  whose  Leading  and 
publicly  avowed  objecl  is  the  destruction  of  the  institution 
of  slavery,  ;i-  if  exists  in  the  slaveholding  States:  And 
whereas,  the  Buccesa  of  said  party,  nn<l  tlic  power  which  it 
now  has,  and  soon  will  acquire,  greatly  endanger  the  peace, 
interests,  security  and  honor  of  the  slaveholding  States, 
ami  make  it  necessary  that  prompt  and  effici<  ut  measure 
should  be  adopted  to  avoid  the  evils  which  must  result 
from  a  Republican  administration  of  the  Federal  Govern- 
ment ;  and,  as  the  interests  and  destiny  of  the  slaveholding 
States  are  the  same,  they  musl  naturally  sympathize  with 
each  oilier:  they,  therefore,  so  Ear  as  it  may  be  practicable, 
should  consult  and  advise  together  as  to  what  is  best  to  be 
done  to  protect  their  mutual  interests  and  honor: 

Now,   therefore,   in    consideration    of  tlie   premises,    i. 
Andrew  B.  Mo  >re,  Governor  of  the  state  of  Alabama,  by 

of  tie-  general  powers  in  me  vested,  do  hereby 
statute  and  appoinl  Col.  John  A.  Elmore,  a  citizen  of  said 
State,  a  Commissioner  to  the  sovereign  State  of  South 
Carolina,  to  consult  and  advise  with  his  Excelh  acy,  i 
ernor  W.  II.  Gist,  and  the  members  of  the  Convention  to 
lembled  in  said  State  on  the  ITih  day  of  December, 
instant,  as  to  wh.n  i-  best  to  be  done  to  protect  the  rights, 
interests  and  honor  of  the  slaveholding  States,  and  to 
report  the  result  of  such  consultation  in  time  to  enable  in< 
to  communicate  the  same  to  the  Convention  of  the  State  oi 
Alabama,  to  be  held  01    M  mday,  the  7th  day  of  Januan 

next. 

ttmony  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand,  and 
il  of  tie    State  i.  in  the 

City  of  Montgomery,  this   xih  D  \.  I) 

I860. 
[l.  •.]  A.  B.  MOO 


Convention  of  1860. 


23 


TUESDAY,  DECEMBER  18,  1860. 


Pursuant  to  adjournment,  the  Convention  assembled  at 
Institute  Hall,  in  the  City  of  Charleston,  at  four  o'clock, 
p.  M.  The  President  took  the  chair,  and  the  proceedings 
were  opened  with  prayer  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Furman. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegates 
answered  t<>  their  names: 


Messrs.  Adams, 
Allison, 
Appleby, 
Atkinson, 
Barron, 
Barton, 
Beaty, 
Bethea, 
Bellinger, 
Bobo, 
Bonneau, 
Brabham, 
Brown,  C.  I'. 
Brown,  A.  H. 
Cain, 
Calhoun, 
Caldwell^ 
( 'ampbell, 
( !arn, 
Carlisle, 
Carroll, 
( Sauthen, 
( Jheves, 
Clarke, 
<  '"liner, 
( Irawford, 
Curtis. 
I  targan, 

I  »;i\;int, 
I  >:ivis. 

I'.  Treville, 
I  Cozier, 

I  Min'iin. 
I  >  1 1 1 1 1<  i  1 1 . 


Dunovant,  A.  Q. 
Du  Pre, 

Easlcy, 
Ellis/ 
English, 
Evans, 

Fair, 
Finlev, 
Find,' 
Forster, 

Foster, 

Frampton, 
Furman, 

<  rarlington, 
Geiger, 

<  Hover, 

Gourdin,  R,  N. 
Gourdin,  T.  L. 

<  ill. '11. 

Gregg,  WiU'mni 
( irisham, 
Hammond, 
Harllee, 
1  Larrison, 

llavne. 

Honour, 

Hunter, 

Hutson, 

tnglis, 

Jackson, 

Jefferies, 

Jenkins,  John 

Johnson, 

Kershaw, 


24 


Journal  of  tiik 


Kilgore, 

Ki  11:1  id. 
Kin-ler, 

Land  rum, 
Lawtoii, 

L<'\\  is, 

Logan, 

Lyles, 

Mc<  Irady, 

Mcl\  er, 

McE 

Magrath, 

Mauldin, 

Maxwell, 

M;i\ 

Mazyck, 

Means, 

Memminger, 

Middleton,  J.  [zard 

Middleton,  W. 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

Lowell, 

O'Hear, 

Orr, 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Porcher, 

Pressley, 

Quatl  lebaum, 

lv;iiii<\  . 

Eleed, 
Rhett, 


Rhc* 

Richardson,  P.  I  >. 
Robinson, 
Rowell, 

tt, 
Beabrook,  E.  M. 
s.  ssions, 
Shingler,  W.  P. 

Sin j, 

Simpson, 

Smvly, 

Smith, 

Snowd< 

Spain, 

Spratt, 

Springs, 

Stoki 

Sims, 

Thompson,  R.  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 

Timmons, 

Wagner, 

Wannamaker, 

Wardlaw,  D.  L. 

Waudlaw,  V.  11. 

Watts, 

Wier, 

W'hii  tier, 

Williams, 

Wilson.  J.   II. 

Wilson,  W.  B. 
Withers, 
Woods, 
Youuflr. 


Mr.  John  L.  Manning,  a  delegate  from  Clarendon,  ;i j »- 
pearSd  al  the  Clerk's  desk,  produced  hie  credentials,  en- 
rolled lii-  name,  and  took  hie  3eat. 

Messrs.  Cam,  Memminger,  ¥oung  and  Watts  asked  to 
give  the  vote  ill'  v  would  have  given,  if  present,  on  a  reso- 
lution adopted  \  esterday,  declaring  it  to  1"'  the  sense  of  this 
Convention,  thai  the  State  of  South  Carolina  should  forth- 
with secede  from  the  Federal  Union;  and  those  gentlemen 
being  called  respectively,  answered  "aye." 


Convention  of  1860.  25 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Rhett,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  consisting  of  members 

be  appointed  to  prepare  an  address  to  the  people  of  the 
Southern  states. 

On  motion,  the  blank  was  tilled  with  the  number  Seven. 
Whereupon,  the  President  appointed  the  following  gen 
tlenien,  of  the  committee: 

Messrs.  R.  B.  Rhett, 

John  A.  Calhoun, 
W.  P.  Finley, 
I.  1).  Wilson, 
\Y.  F.  DeSaussure, 
Langdon  Cheves, 
M.  E.  Cam. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Orr,  it  was 

.  That  the  Charleston  Delegation  be  requested  to 
inquire  into  and  report  upon  the  expediency  of  procuring 
another  Hall  for  the  Use  of  this  Convention,  and  that  they 
publish  their  decision  to-morrow  in  the  newspapers  of  the 
city. 

Mi-.  Eutson  off.  red  the  following  resolution-.: 

Resolved,  That  the   President  do  appoint   four  standing 
Committees  for  this  Convention,  each  consisting  of  seven, 

;ir-  folio? 

1.    A   Committee  on  Relations  with   the   Slaveholding 
Stiit--  of  North   America. 
-.  A  ( Sommittee  on  Foreign  Relati< 

3.  A  ( !ommitb  •  tnmercial  Relati 

4.  A  Committee  on  the  Constitution  of  th< 

Oa  motion  of  Mr.    F.    |>.   Richardson,  tie-   Resolutions 
were  made  tie-  special  order  of  the  day  for  to-morrow, 
:..  and  were  ordered  to  be  printed. 


Joiknai.  Of  Tin: 

( >n  motion  of  Mr.  Quattlebaum,  it  i 

/.'     ''■,./.  Thai  a  Committee  of  three   be   appointed   to 
ive  proposals  for  printing  the  proceedings  of  this  Con- 
tention) and  thai  they  reporl  thereon  as  soon  as  practiosr 
ble. 

Whereupon,  the  Pre&ideni  appointed  the  following  a 
tlemen,  of  the  Commits 

Messrs.  Paul  Qnattlebaum, 
T.  V.  Simons,  dr., 
.1.  II.  Kinsler. 

Mr.  Magrath  offered  the  following  Resolutions: 

H  wived,  Thai  bo  much  of  the  Message  of  the  Presidenl 
of  the  United  States  as  relates  to  whal  he  designates  "the 
property  of  the  United  States  in  South  Carolina,"  be  re- 
ferred to  a  committee  of  to  report,  of  whal  such  prop- 
erty consists,  how  acquired^  and  whether  1 1 1  *  -  purpose  for 
which  ii  was  bo  acquired  can  be  enjoyed  by  the  Uhited 
States  after  the  State  of  South  Carolina  shall  have  Beceded, 
consistently  with  the  dignity  and  Bafety  of  the  State;  and 
thai  the  said  committee  further  reporl  the  value  of  the 
property  of  the  United  States  pol  in  South  Carolina:  and 

the    value    of  the    .-hare    thereof  to    which    South     Carolina 

would  be  entitled  apon  an  equitable  division  thereof  among 

the  United  states. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Qrr,  the  resolutions  were  math-  the 
special  order  of  the  day  for  to-morrow,  a1  one  o'clock,  v.  ml, 
ami  were  ordered  to  he  printed. 

Mr.  DeTrevilie  offered  the  following  resolution: 

//•  olved,  That  it  i<  expedienl  that  a  Council,  to  consisl 
of  live  eitisens  of  the  State,  to  act  with  the  Governor  of 

the  State  ;i-  bis  Counsellors  ami   advisers,  ami  t<>  !><•  called  a 

Council  of  Safety,  Bhould  he  forthwith  appointed;  ami  that 


Convention  of  1860.  27 

it  be  referred  to  a  committee  of  this  Convention  to  re£brt 
thereon,  by  ordinance  or  otherwise. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Orr,  the  resolution  was  made  the  spe- 
cial order  of  the  day  for  to-morrow,  at  one  o'clock,  p.  ■., 
and  was  ordered  to  1"'  printed. 

Mr.  J.  I.  Middleton  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

//  '/•,/.  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  appoint 
an  Assistant  Clerk. 

Mr.  Means  moved  to  amend  the  resolution  by  adding  the 
words:  '* whenever  it  Bhall  become  necessary." 

The  amendment  was  accepted  by  the  mover  of  the  reso- 
lution. 

When,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Reed,  the  resolution,  as  amended, 
was  order)  d  to  lit'  on  the  table. 

The  President  stated  that  since  the  adjournment  of  the 
Convention  at  Columbia,  he  had  received  a  communication 
from  the  State  of  Georgia,  with  a  request  to  present  it  to 
the  Convention. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Withers,  it  was  ordered  that  the  com- 
munication be  laid  on  die  table. 

The  President  announced  the  following  gentlemen  as  the 
Committee  appointed  under  a  resolution  offered  by  the 
member  from  Chesterfield,  (Mr.  Englis,)  to  draft  an  Ordi- 
nance proper  to  l"1  adopted  by  the  Convention,  viz  : 

Meatis.  John  A.  Englis, 
I;.  B.  Rhett, 
Jai       i  at,  Jr., 

James  I..  ( »rr. 
M.i-  ■  <  .'■  gg, 
B.  F.  Dunkin, 
W.  F.  Hutson. 

I  h  motion  of  Mr.  B 

//  .  That  when  this  Convention  adjoin-  all  be 

to  morrow,  .  .  l.  m. 


28 


Journal  op  the 


On  motion  <     ''     Simons,  the  Convention  was  adjourned 
at  four  minutes  past  five  o'clock,  p.  m. 

B.  K.  ARTHUR, 

< 'I.  rk  of  the  ( 


WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  L»,   I860. 

Pursuant   <<»  the  action  of  the  Committee,  appointed  to 
make  arrangements  for  providing  another  Hall  for  the  use 
oi  the  Convention,  the  Convention  assembled  at  St.   A 
drew's  Hall  ;  1 1 1 « -  President  look  the  Chair,  and  the  proceed- 
ings were  opened  with  prayer  by  Rev.  William  Curtis. 

The  Clerk  called  the  roll,  and  the  following  delegates 
answered  t<>  their  names  : 


Etfessi  .  AxLams, 
Allison, 
A.ppleby, 

A  i  kin-Mii. 
\\.r. 
Barron, 
Barton, 

I'm  at  V. 

Bethea, 

Belling 

I '.  »bo, 

Bonneau, 

Brown,  A.  II. 

Brown,  C.  P. 

Burnet, 

Buchanan, 

Cain, 

( Salhoun, 

( 'ampbell, 

i II. 
Carlisle, 
( laughman, 
<  lautnen, 


( Sharles, 

Chi  • 

( 'lark.'. 

( lonner, 
Crawford, 
Curtis, 
Dargan, 

I  >aV18, 

1  >«•  Saussure, 

De  Treville, 

1  tozier, 

I  Duncan, 

Dunkin, 

Du  Pre, 

Easlev, 

English, 

Evans, 

Finley, 

Forster, 

Poster, 

Frampton, 

Furman, 

Find. 


Convention  of  ]»;u. 


( ladberry, 

Garlington, 

Geiger, 

( Hover, 

( loodwin, 

GourcUn,  R.  N. 

Green, 

Gregg,  Maxcy 

Gregg,  William 

Grisnam, 

Hammond, 

I  [anckel, 

Harllee, 

I  [arrison, 

Hayne, 

I  [<  nderson, 

Honour, 

Hopkii 
Hutson, 
foglis, 
Iii-Tam, 
Jackson, 
Jeffi  i  i 

Jenkins,  J,  E, 
Johnson, 
Kilgore, 
drum, 

j  an, 
Lawton, 
M<  [ver, 
McK<  e, 
M< jIk  od, 
Magrath, 
Manigault, 
Mauldin, 

M;i; 

M<  .in-. 

N'    ML  ton,  .!.  I/ar<] 

Middleton,  W. 

Mil. 

Mi 
le, 
•  II. 


O'flear, 

Orr, 

Palmer, 

Parkt  r, 

Perrin, 

Pope, 

Porcher, 

Pressley, 

Quattlebaum, 

Reed, 

Rhod<  i, 

Richardson,  F.  J). 
Robinson, 
Rutledge, 

Seabrbok,  (J.  W.,  Br. 
Sessions, 
Shingler,  W.  P. 
Shingler,  .1.  \|. 
Simons, 
Simpson, 
Smyly, 
Smith, 
Spratt, 
Snowden, 
Spain, 
Stoki  9, 
Sims, 
u. 
Thompson,  R,  a. 
Thomson,  Thomas 
Timmons, 
Wagner, 
Wardlaw,  I'.  II. 
Wannamaker, 
Wj  tts, 
Wier, 
Whitner, 

Willi. 'II: 

Wilson,  .1.  II 
Wilson,  W. 

Witl 


Jo\  l;\  \i.  01  tin: 

The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  read. 
The  President  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following 
communication  : 

Tost  (  Ifficb,  ( Ihatleston, 
December  19,  I860, 
T.  Y.  Simon-.  Esq. — 

Dear  Sir.:  I  send  herewith  a  package  containing  letters 

for  delegates  to  the  Convention,  and  1  ask  the  favor  of  yon 

■ 

to  announce  that  it  will  give  me  great  pleasure  to  have  all 
matter  for  members  of  that  body  placed  in  your  hands  at 
the  opening  of  the  Convention  on  each  succeeding  day. 

AImi.  thai  a  clerk  from  this  office  will  be  in  attendance  a! 

your  desk  at  half-past  twelve  every  afternoon,  bo  receive 
such  Letters  as  gentlemen  of  the  Convention,  or  their  guests, 
may  wish  to  have  mailed  for  other  plj 
v*ery  respectfully,  your  fellow-citizen, 

AXFRED  III'CKK.  P.  M. 

The  President  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following 
communication  ; 

Charleston,  Dee.  l:-.  is60. 
To  (I"  Bon.  I>.  F.  Jamison,  /'/•<>/«/<///  of  tht 

Convention  of  //>>  Statt  of  South  Carolina: 
Sib:  On  the  night  of  the  L7th  instant,  after  fhe  adjourn- 
ment of  the  Convention  al  Columbia,  I  received  from  hi^ 
Excellency,  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Alabama,  a  des- 
patch, by  telegraph,  of  thai  'hue.  and  which  1  herewith 
enclose,  and  have  the  honor  to  request  may  be  lead  and 
submitted  to  the  Convention  as  directed  by  his  Excellency, 

(  JnV.    Mool'e. 

Permit  me  to  assure  the  Convention  that  in  marring  this 
communication,  his  Excellency,  Gov.  Moore, oflera  it  in  no 
spirit  of  dictation,  bu1  as  the  friendly  counsel  and  united 

voire  of  the  true  men  of  Alabama,  for  the  consideration  of 
thk  Convention,  and  in  the  same  Bpirit  of  consultation  and 

eonfei-eiiee  wlihh  impelled    1 1 1 1 1 1    to  send  a  (  'o|  1 1  m  issioner  tO 

thin  and  the  other  Southern  Stat 


Convention  of  1860.  81 

With  sentiments  of  the  highest  reaped  for  the  Conven- 
tion and  for  yourself, 

I  am,  your  obedient  servant, 

J.  A.  ELMQBE. 

The  despatch  referred  to  fa  as  follows: 

Montgomery,  Dee.  17,  1860. 
To  John  A.  Elmore  : 

Tell  the  Convention  io  listen  to  no  propositions  of  com- 
promise or  delay. 

A.  B.  MdOKE. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  D.  L.  Wardlaw,  the  communication 
was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  the  Southern  Address. 
Mr.  Reed  offered  the  following  resolutions: 

1.  Ordered,  That  the  President  appoint  a  Cashier  and 
I  deputy  Cashier. 

'J.  Ordered,  That  the  clerk  act  as  Reading  Clerk,  and 
also  superintend  such  printing  as  the  Convention  may 
order. 

3.  Ordered,  Tliat  the  reporters  for  the  public  journals  be 
allowed  acc<  m  i"  the  Hall  for  the  purpose  of  reporting. 

4.  Ordered,  Thai  the  regular  hour  of  meeting  shall  be 
ten  o'clock,   \.  if.,  lubjeei   to  special   orders  fixing  - 
other  tin 

5.  Ord  red,  That  there  be  printed,  for  the  use  of  ihe  < 
vention,  an  alphabetical  Ksl  of  the  nami  -  of  the  members, 
and  also  a  li-t  of  the  Dame*  arranged  according  to  State 
Election  Divisions,  with  their  Post  Offiet 

Thai  ilie  journal  of  eaeh  day's  proceedings 
1. 0  d.  and  Laid  on  the  tables  of  members,  l  • 
hour  of  rae<  ting. 

/.'      -  ■/.  Thai  iIh-  rule-  adopted  for  th<  omentoi 

i  ntiou.  be  published  with  theJoufmal  of  this  day'e 


JOUBNAI  01  Tin: 

Mr.  Quattlebaum  moved  to  divide  the  question,  bo  i 
t : i k < •  the  v<.ic  ni)  each  separately. 

Mr.  [nglis  moved  to  amend  the  third  order  by  adding  the 
\\<>i-(l-  "newspapers  in  thi>  State." 

Mr.  F.  II.  Wardlaw  moved  to  amend  the  third  order  by 
adding  the  words  "one  reporter  for  each  newspaper." 

Mr.  Cheves  moved  to  amend  by  requi  sting  the  President 
to  make  Buch  arrangementa  on  the  Bubjecl  as  to  him  might 
seem  proper. 

The  consideration  of  the  resolutions  was  suspended,  and 

Mr.  Manning  moved  thai  a  bar  1"'  erected  at  the  head  of 
the  stairs,  and  a  Bergeant-atnarma  appointed,  bo  that  mem- 
bers mighl  have  convenient  access  to  the  Hall. 

After  some  debate,  it  was  (ink-red  that  the  duty  nt'  mak- 
ing arrangements  for  convenient  access  to  the  Hall  be  en- 
trusted to  the  Charleston  I  delegation. 

<>n  moti< f  Mr.  Dargan,  the  Convention  resumed  the 

consideration  of  the  resolutions  offered  by  Mr.  Reed. 

Mr.  Dargan  moved  to  strike  out  the  third  resolution, and 
insert  the  following  ; 

Ordered^  That  the  President  he  authorized  to  issue  tick- 
ets of  admission  to  Buch  reporters  of  newspapers  as  he  may 
deem  proper. 

The  amendment  was  adopted. 
Mr.  Reed  withdrew  the  fourth  order. 
On  motion  of  Mr.   Dargan,  the  sixth  orderwaa  laid  on 
the  table. 

The  resolutions,  as  amended,  were  ado]- ted. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  |>.  I,.  Wardlaw,  the  communication 
from  a  portion  of  the  members  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  Georgia  was  taken  up  from  the  table,  and  was 
referred  t"  die  Committee  on  the  Southern  Ad.h 

Mi-.  Cauthen  stated  that  his  colleague,  Mr.  I>.  I'.  Robin- 
Bon,  was  absent  from  indisposition,  when  the  rote  was  taken 
on  the  resolution  declaring  it  to  he  the  sense  of  the  Con- 
vention that  the  State  of  South  Carolina  should  forthwith 


Convention  of  1860.  33 

secede  from  the  Federal  Union,  and  asked  that  be  might 
now  be  permitted  to  record  the  vote  he  would  have  given 
if  present. 

WTiereupon,  Mr.  Robinson  being  called,  answered  "aye." 

Messrs.  B.  II.  Rntledge,  John  L.  Manning,  L.  M.  Ayer, 
T.  M.  Eanckel,  and  II.  I  >.  Green,  asked  to  record  the  vote 
they  would  have  given,  if  present,  on  the  same  resolution  ; 
and  these  gentlemen  being  called,  respectively,  answered 
"  aye." 

Mr.  Quattlebaum,  from  the  Committee  on  Printing,  made 
the  following  report,  which  was  considered  immediately  and 
was  agreed  to  : 

The  Committee,  appointed  to  receive  proposals  for  print- 
ing for  the  Convention  of  Sooth  Carolina,  have  to  report, 

That  they  have  received  an  offer  from  Messrs.  Evans  & 
Cogswell,  to  do  "all  the  work  to  be  done,  in  style  and 
quality  fully  equal  to  that  done  for  the  State,  by  the  Print- 
er in  Columbia,  at  the  same  proportionate  rates  of  compen- 
sation as  is  paid  to  the  Printer  to  the  State  Senate." 

The  Committee,  believing  Messrs.  Evans  ft  Cogswell  to 
be  reliable,  and  thai  they  will  do  the  work  as  stated,  recom- 
mend the  adoption  of  the  following  resolutions: 

B  ived,  That  Messrs.  Evans  ft  Cogswell  be  appointed 
Printers  to  this  Convention  while  it  holds  its  sittings  in 
Charleston. 

R   olvcd,  That  the  Committee  appointed  to  receive  pro- 

kla  for  Printing,  be  continued  as  a  Standing  Committee, 

and  that  one  of  it-  duties  he  to  supervise  the  printing  of 

thifl  Convention. 

SPECIAL  ORDER. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  the  ■  ration   of  the 

following  resolutions,  which  had  been  made  the  .~j •«  <  iul 
order  of  the  day  for  this  day,  at  one  o'clock,  r.  m.  : 

'/•<</.  Thai  th<    President   do  appoint   four  standing 
3 


.["(   KN  \l.    OF    THE 

Committees  for  this  Convention,  each  consisting  of  seven. 
as  follow 

1.  A  Committee  on  relations  with  tin'  slaveholding 
Stat.-  of  North  America  ; 

•j.   A  Committee  on  Foreign  Relations; 

:'..   A  ( lommittee  ..ii  ( lommercial  Ilelati. 

1.   A  Committee  on  the  Constitution  of  the  State. 

Mr.  Siniili  moved  i<>  amend  the  third  clause  of  the  reso- 
lution by  adding  the  words  "and   Postal  Arrangement! 
which  amendment  was  accepted  by  tin-  mover  of  the  r< 
hit  ion. 

Mr.  Mazyck  moved  to  strikeout  die  number  seven,  and 
insert  thirteen;  which  amendment  was  also  accepted  by 
the  mover  of  the  resolution. 

Mr.  W.  I'..  Wilson  moved  to  add  an  additional  section, 
providing  for  a  separate  Committee  on  Postal  Arrange- 
ments. 

Mr.  Maxev  (Iiv-i:  moved    to  amend   the  second  clause  of 
the  resolution    ley    adding    the    words    "with    other   Stat' 
Mr.  Gregg  withdrew  his  amendment. 

<>n  [notion    of    Mi-.   Calhoun,  the    question    was    divided; 

and  the  Resolutions  were  finally  adopted  in  the  following 

form  : 

I:  olvedj  That  the  President  do  appoint  four  standing 
Committees  tor  this  Convention,  each  consisting  of  thir- 
teen, a-  follows  : 

I.  A    Committee    on    relations   with    the   slaveholding 

Slates  of  North   America. 

i!.  A  Committee  on  Foreign  Relations. 
:;.  A    Committee  on  Commercial   Relations  and  Postal 
A  rrangement8. 

4.   A  Committee  on  the  Constitution  of  this  state. 

SPECIAL  ORDER. 
The  Convention  proceeded   to  the  consideration  of  the 


Convention  of  1860.  86 

following  Resolution,  which  had    been   made  ill''   special 
order  of  the  day  for  this  day  at  one  o'clock,  r.  M. : 

Resolved,  That  so  orach  of  the  Message  of  the  President 
of  the  United  States  as  relates  to  what  li<'  designates  "the 
property  of  the  United  States  in  South  Carolina,"  be  refer- 
red to  a  committee  of  to  report,  ofwhal  such  prop- 
erty consists ;  how  acquired ;  and  whether  the  purpose  for 
which  it  was  bo  acquired,  can  be  enjoyed  by  the  United 
States  after  the  Stale  of  South  Carolina  shall  have  seceded. 
consistently  with  the  dignity  and  safety  oi'  the  State.  And 
that  said  committee  farther  report  the  value  of  the  proper- 
ty of  title  United  States  not  in  South  Carolina;  and  the 
value  of  the  Bhare  thereof  to  which  South  Carolina  would 
be  entitled  upon  an  equitable  division  thereof  among  the 
United  States. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  TIarllee,  the  blank  was  filled  with  the 
number  thirteen. 

Mr.  W.  P.  Shingler  moved  to  amend  the  Resolution  by 
requiring  the  committee  to  report  the  debt,  as  well  as  the 
property  of  the  United  States. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Harllee,  the  amendment  was  ordered 
to  lie  "ii  the  table. 

The  Resolution  was  agreed  to. 

SPECIAL  ORDER 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  die  consideration  of  the 
following  Resolution,  which  had  been  made  the  special 
order  of  the  day,  for  this  day,  at  one  o'clock,  i\  m.: 

R  olved,  That  it  i-  expedient  that  a  Council,  to  consist 
of  five  citieene  of  the  Stale,  to  act  with  the  Governor  of  the 
State  a-  his  counsellors  and  advisers,  and  to  be  called  I 
Council  of  Safety,  should  be  forthwith  appointed;  and  that 
it  be  referred  to  r  committee  of  this  Convention  to  report 
thereon,  by  ordinan<  e  or  oth<  rn 


.I'Tkn  \i.  o«  Tin: 

(>n  motion  of  Mr.  DeTrevilte^  the  special  order  was  dis- 
charged ;tn<l  was  made  the  special  order  <•!'  the  day  tor  to- 
morrow,  at  one  o'clock,  r.  k. 

Mr.  Wemminger  offered  ilic  following  Resolution,  which 
was  considered  immediately,  ami  was  agreed  to: 

Resolved,  Thai  a  Committee,  to  consist  of  seven  members, 
he  appointed  to  draft  a  summary  statement  of  the  causes 
which  justify  the  secession  of  South  Carolina  from  the  V<<\ 
sral  Union, 

Mr.  Diuikin  offered  the  following  Resolution,  which  was 
considered  immediately,  and  was  agreed  to: 

TUsoloed)  That  it  bo  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Com- 
mercial Relation-  ami  Postal  Arrangements,  to  inquire  and 
report  what  measures  of  a  temporary  or  permanent  nature, 
or  both,  it  may  he  proper  to  adopt  in  reference  to  Custom 
Souse  and  Postal  Arrangements,  in  consequence  of  the 
contemplated  withdrawal  of  South  Carolina  from  the  1'nion. 

Mr.  Ilavne  offered  the  following  resolutions  i 

Whereas,  the  causes  which  have  produced  the  Separation 

of  South  Carolina  from  the  Federal  Union,  have  emanated 
from  the  States  north  of  Mason  and  Ihxon's  line.  using 
hireling  labor  only;  and,  whereas,  it  has  not  been  against 

the    Constitution    of  the    United  States  that  South  Carolina 

has  opposed  her  sovereignty,  hut  the  usurpations  of  a  gov- 
ernment in  violation  of  this  instrument  : 

Resolved^  That  a  Commissioner  he  sent  to  each  of  the 
slaveholding  States,  bearing  a  copy  of  the  Ordinance  of 
Secession,  ami  proffering  to  such  State,  or  any  one  or  more 
of  them,  the  existing  Constitution  of  the  United  States  as 
the  basis  of  a  Provisional  Government,  to  be  adopted  on 
the  part  of  South  Carolina,  and  any  other  slaveholdiiiii- 
Stale  or  States,  which,  after  seceding  from  the  present  Fed- 
eral   Union,    shall    he    willing  to  unite  with  South  Carolina 


Convention  of  1860.  37 

in  the  formation  of  a  new  Confederacy  ;  and  we  do  hereby 
ratify  and  confirm,  from  the  date  thereof,  any  action  taken 
by  such  Commissioner,  or  Commissioners,  by  and  with  the 
consent  of  the  Governor  of  South  Carolina,  in  the  forma- 
tion of  such  Provisional  Union  :  and  we  do  farther  earn- 
estly recommend  that  in  days  alter  two  or  more 
States,  in  addition  to  South  Carolina,  shall  have  acceded  to 
the  said  Provisional  Union,  an  election  shall  be  held  for 
Senators  and  members  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of 
the  new  Congress,  and  President  and  Vice  President  of  the 
new  ( confederacy. 

Resolved,  That  three  Commissioners  be  appointed  to 
carry  an  authenticated  copy  of  the  Ordinance  of  Secession 
to  Washington,  to  be  laid  before  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  with  the  request  that  the  same  shall  be  com- 
municated to  the  Congress  now  in  session  ;  and  said  Com- 
missioners are  hereby  authorized  ami  empowered  to  treat 
for  the  delivery  of  the  Forts.  Magazines,  Light  Houses, 
and  other  real  estate,  and  all  appurtenances  thereto,  within 
the  geographical  limits  of  South  Carolina,  the  authority  to 

treat    Upon  these  Subjects  to  he  extended  to  the  day 

ot'  February,  which  shall  he  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-one:  provided,  in  the 
meantime,  the  said  Forts,  Magazines,  and  other  places,  are 
allowed  to  remain  in  the  condition  in  which  they  may  be 
at  the  adoption  of  this  Ordinance ;  and  they  shall  be  fur- 
ther empowered  to  treat  upon  the  subject  of  the  public 
debt,  ami  for  a  proper  division  of  all  other  property  than 
tin'  above,  now  held  by  the  government  of  the  United 
8ta1  _ent   of  the  States  now  embraced  in  said  Con- 

federacy, until  .-mil  time  a-  a  new  Confederacy  oi 
shall  be  formed,  of  which  South  Carolina  shall  he  one. 

On    motion    «,f  Mr.    Efayne,    the    first    resolution   w;. 
ferred  to  the  Committee  on  ]i<  lotions  with  the  slavchol^ing 
th  America,  and  was  order,  d  t<»  he  print 
Mr.   Lnglis  moved   that  the  second  resolution  be  laid  on 
ible. 


58  Joi  i;x  \i.  Of  Tin: 

Mr.  [nglis  withdrew  his  motion. 

<  Mi  motion  of  Mr.  Hayne,  the  second  resolution  was 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Foreign  delations,  and  mi 
ordered  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  tfemminger  offered  the  following  resolutions: 

1.  Resolved,  Thai  a  Commission,  to  consist  of  three  per- 
sons, be  elected  by  ballot  of  this  Convention,  to  proceed  to 
Washington,  to  negotiate  with  the  United  States,  acting 
through  their  General  Government,  as  to  the  proper  mea- 
sures and  arrangements  to  be  made  or  adopted  in  the 
existing  relations  of  the  parties,  and  for  the  continuance  of 
peace  and  amity  between  them. 

■2.  Resolved,  That  five  persons  be  elected  by  this  Conven- 
tion, by  ballot,  who  shall  be  authorized  to  meet  such  Depu- 
ties as  may  be  appointed  by  any  other  slaveholding  State, 
for  the  purpose  of  organizing  or  forming  a  Southern  Con- 
federacy, with  power  to  discuss  and  settle  a  Constitution  or 
plan  of  Union,  to  be  reported  to  the  said  States  for  their 
ratification,  amendment  or  rejection.  That  the  said  Depu- 
ties shall  invite  a  meeting  at   Columbia,  or  at  such   other 

place  as  may  he  agreed  upon  among  the  Deputies  of  the 
several  States,  and  shall  report  to  this  Convention  sueli 
Constitution  or  Articles,  as  may  be  agreed  on  by  said 
Deputies. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Memminger,  the  first  of  these  resolu- 
tions was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Relations; 

and  the  second  resolution  to  the  Committee  On  Relations 
with  the  Slaveholding  States  of  North  America. 

The  resolutions  were  ordered  to  be  printed. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  ffutson,  it  was  ordered  that  when  the 
Convention  adjourns,  it  shall  be  adjourned  to  meet  to-mor- 
row, at  twelve  O'clock,   M. 

Mr.  Ma/.y.k  offered  the  following  resolution,  which  was 
made  the  special  order  of  the  day  for  to-morrow,  at  one 

o'clock,  P.  M.,  and  was  ordered  to  he  'printed  : 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee,  to  consist  of  mem- 

t 


Convention  of  1860.  39 

bers,  be  appointed,  whose  duly  it  shall  be  to  Inquire  and 
report  to  this  Convention  now  much  of  the  legislation  of 
Congress  would  be  ipso  facto  abrogati  d  so  far  as  this  State 
is  concerned,  1>\  the  secession  of  the  State  from  the  Fede- 
ral Union,  and  how  much  of  it  might  remain  of  force,  not- 
withstanding the  act  of  secession. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Orr,  the  Convention  was  adjourned  at 
forty-five  minutes  past  four  o'clock,  p.  m. 

B.  F.  ARTHUR, 

Clerk  of  the  Convention. 


R  U  L  E  S 


OF    THE 


CONVENTION  OF  DECEMBER  17,  1860. 


Rxtle  1.  The  President  and  eighty-four  members  shall  ho 
a  quorum  to  transact  busine 

2.  If  any  member  shall  absent  himself  without  leave,  he 
may  be  senl  for  a1  his  own  expense,  and  be  Bubjecttothe 
censure  of  the  <  convention. 

3.  No  member  Bhal]  speak  more  than  twice  to  the  same 
point  without  leave  of  the  Convention, 

4.  Each  member,  when  speaking,  shall  address  himself 
to  the  Chair,  standing  and  uncovered,  at  his  place. 

5.  [f  two  members  rise  to  speak  nearly  at  the  same  time, 
the  Presideni  Bhall  decide  which  was  first  ap. 

6.  Ev<  it  member,  when  speaking,  Bhall  adhere  to  the 
point  before  the  Convention,  and  shall  not  be  interrupted 
unless  he  departs  from  it,  when  he  may  be  called  to  order. 

7.  When  a  question  of  order  arises,  it  Bhall  be  decided 
by  the  President  in  the  first  instance,  but  any  member  may 
appeal  from  his  determination  to  the  Convention. 

v.  Wnen  a  motion  is  made  and  seconded,  it  Bhall,  if  re- 
quired by  a  member,  be  reduced  to  writingj  and  delivered 
in  at  the  table. 

'.,.  Winn  a  question  is  put  by  the  President,  and  the 
Convention  divides,  thexJlerk  shall,  at  the  request  of  any 

en  members  pr<  sent,  take  down  and  enter  on  the  Jour- 
nal the  nami  i  of  all  those  members  who  vote  for  and  against 


l_'  JOURH  \i.  01  Tin: 

the  question,  and  cause  tlicm  to  be  published  in  any  gazette 
of  the  Btate. 

10.  Wheo  the  Presidenl  desires  to  be  heard,  the  mem- 
bers Bhall  take  their  seats,  and   keep  order  whilst   h< 
speaking. 

11.  When  a  motion  i>  made  for  adjournment  and  sec- 
onded, no  question  shall  be  debated  until  the  Convention 
Bhall  have  decided  that  motion. 

12.  Motions  to  adjourn,  t"  take  :i  recess,  t"  lay  on  the  ta- 
ble, i"  postpone  indefinitely,  or  to  a  day  beyond  the  -<■.— i>>n. 
to  adjourn  a  debate,  shall  be  decided  without  debate,  after 
sudi  shod  conversations  as  the  President  may  permit. 

1:;.  <>n  ] . . . i 1 1 1 s  ii«.t  specified  in  the  above  rules,  the  Con- 
tention Bhall  be  governed  by  "tin-  rules  of  the  Souse  "t 
Representatives  of  the  General  Assembly  of  South  Caro- 
lina." so  far  as  they  are  applicable, 


CnXVKXTloX    OF    1800. 


48 


THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  20,  1860. 

At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
President  took  the  chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  T.  R.  English. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegates 

answered  to  their  names: 


Messrs.  Adams, 
Allison, 
Appleby, 
Atkinson, 
Ayer, 
Barnwell, 
Barron, 
Barton, 
B(  aty, 
Bethea, 
l'.>  [linger, 
Bobo, 
Bonneau, 
Brabham, 
Brown,  C.  P. 
Brown,  A.  II. 
Buchanan, 
Burnet, 
Cain, 
Calhoun, 
Caldwell, 
Campbell, 
I    .rn. 
Carlisle, 
Carroll, 
Caughman, 
( 'authen, 
( !hai 

i  Ihesnut, 
Ch< 

Clarke, 
( lonner, 
I    swford, 
( )urtia, 
:.ni. 
.hi. 


Davis, 

I  )c  San-sure, 

De  Treville, 

Dozier, 

Duncan. 

Dunkin, 

Dunovant,  A.  Q. 

Dunovant,  R.  (J.  M. 

l)u  Pre, 

Easley, 

Ellis," 

English, 

Evans, 

Fair, 

Fin  ley, 

Find, 

Forster, 

Foster, 

Frampton, 

Furman, 

( ladberry, 

<  larlington, 

<  teig 
Gist, 
Glover, 

I  > I  win, 

( lourdin,  R.  N. 

<  lourdin,  T.  L. 
( \n  en, 

<  ir«  gg,    M;r 

_r.   William 

<  Irisnam, 

I  [ammond, 
Eanckel, 
Barllee, 
Harrison, 


w 


Journal  op  the 


Bayne, 
Eenderson, 

Honour. 
Hopkins, 
lluui.  r. 
Bntson, 

[nglif, 
[ngram, 
Jackson, 
Jefferies, 
Jenkins,  John 
Jenkins,  •'•  E. 
Johnson, 
Keitt, 

K.tsIkiw. 

Kilgore, 

Kimml, 

Kinsler, 

Landrum, 

Lawton, 

Lewis, 

Logan, 

Lyles, 

McCrady, 

Mclver, 

McKoc, 

McLeod, 

Magratb, 

Manigault, 

Manning, 

Mauldin, 

Maxwell, 

Mayes, 

Mazyck, 

Means, 

Memminger, 

Middleton,  J.  L 

Middleton,  W. 

Mil 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

Nol.le, 

Nuwrll, 

( I'Hear, 
Orr, 


Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Pope, 

Porcher, 

l'r.  isley, 

Quattlebaum, 

Rainey, 

Reed, 

Rhett, 

Rhodes, 

Richardson,  F.  1>. 

Richardson,  •'•  !*• 

Robinson, 

Rowell, 

Rntleclge, 

Scott, 

Seabrook,  E,  M. 

Seabrook,  G.  W.,  Sr. 

Sessions, 

Shingler,  J.  M. 

Shingier,  W.  P. 

Simons, 

Simpson, 

Smyly, 

Smith, 

Snowden, 

Spain, 

Spratt, 

Springs, 

Stokes, 

Sims, 

Thompson,  It-  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 

Timmons, 

Tompkins, 

Townsend, 

Wagner, 

Wamiainak-iT. 
Wardlaw,  !>•  L. 
Wardlaw,  F.  H. 
Watts, 
Wier, 
Whitner, 

Williams, 


Convention  of  1800.  45 

Wilson,  L  D.  Withers, 

Wilson,  -l.  II.  Woods, 

Wilson,  W.  B.  Young. 

The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  read. 
Mi-.  Reed  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Charleston  be 
invited  to  a  Beat  on  the  floor  of  the  Convention. 

Mr.  Means  moved  that  the  resolution  be  amended  bo  as 
to  include  in  the  invitation  the  Governor,  the  President  of 
the  Senate,  and  the  Speaker  of  the  Souse  of  Representa- 

The  amendment  was  accepted  by  the  mover  of  the  reso- 
lution ;  and  the  resolution,  as  amended,  was  adopted. 
The  President  announced  the  following  Committees: 
Committee  to  draft  a  summary  of  the  causes  which  jus- 
tify the  secession  of  South  Carolina: 

\1.  ssrs.  C.  < J.  Memminger, 
F.  II.  Wardlaw, 
K.  W.  Barnwell, 
J.  1*.  Richardson, 
B.  II.  Rutledge, 

J.  E.  Jenkins. 

1'.  E.  Duncan. 

Committee  on  so  much  of  the  Message  of  the  President 
of  tie'  United  States  as  relates  to  the  claim  of  property  oi 
the  United  States  within  the  Limits  of  South  Carolina: 

Messrs.    A.  (  -.    M.  _  rath. 
I..  M.  K.itt. 
J.   T.  Carp.ll. 

W.  W.  Harilae, 
.1.  II.  Wibon, 

K.  I «.  M.  I  >uiio\ 
w.  n.  Campbell, 


16  J'Uknai.  OF  Tin: 

M.  -■  -.  .1.  1 '.  Reed, 
W.  Sopkii 
w.  s.  [^ylea, 
&.  W.  peabrook,  Br. 
J.  .1.  digram. 

E.  M.   ('•lark.'. 


Committee  on  Relations  with  the  Blaveholding  Stab 
North  America : 

Messrs.  T.  J.  Withers, 
.1.  II.  Means, 
.1.  L.  Manning, 
.1.  Townsend, 
II.  ( '.  'S' « »i 1 1 1 _l-. 
A.  Mazyck, 
L.  M.  Av»t. 
W.  B.  Wilson, 
T.  R.  English, 
S.  Fair. 

R.  .).  Davant, 
J.  M.  Gadberry, 
E.  St.  P.  Bellinger. 

<  'oimniUco  on  Foreign  Relatione  : 
Messrs.  W.  P.  Miles, 
J.  II.  Adams. 
W.  II.  Cist, 
V.  D.  Richardson, 
L.  \V.  Spratt, 

Win.  Cain, 

T.  L,  <  tottrdin, 
A.  W.  Burnetj 
(i.  Manigault, 
E.  NToble, 
J.  s.  O'Hear, 
.1.  D.  Pope, 
E.  W.  Charles. 


Convention  of  1860.  47 

Committee  on  Commercial  Relations  and  Postal  Arrange- 
ments : 

Messrs.  B.  F.  Dnnkin, 
E.  MoCrady, 
II.  \V.  Conner, 
Ii.  X.  Gk>urdin, 

J.  L.  Nowcll, 
T.  J).  Wagner, 
Wm.  Gregg, 
J.  J.  P.  Smith, 

J.  Jenkins, 

\V.    Middle!.  .11. 

A.  II.  Brown, 
E.  M.  Seabrook, 

R.  F.  Simpson. 

Committee  on  the  Constitution  of  the  State: 

M'  -srs.  1).  L.  Wardlaw, 
J.  N.  Wliitner, 
T.  W.  GHover, 

I.  W.  Hayne, 
\l.  De  Treville, 
.1.  A.  I  >argan, 
T.  Thomson, 
J.  Buchanan, 
A.  I !.  Spain, 

II.  M«  I\ ■  p, 
T.  <'.  Perrin, 
W.  ]>.  Johnson, 
.1.  B.  Cershaw. 

Tlie   President  announced  thai   Mr.   I,'.  <     I.     an  i-  ap 
pointed  <  Sashier  ;  and    Mr.  J.  G.  Pj  I      bier 

of  the  <  invention. 

Mr.  kin  it  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

I;    ./,>.■/.  Tl  of  Thirfc  en  be  appointed  to 

■rt    !..   ilii-    Convention    an    On  and 


Jot  ,.\  \i.   Of   1  ill". 

providing  for  the  assemblage  of  a  Convention  of  the  slave- 
holding  States  of  the  United  States  to  form  the  Constitu- 
tion of  ;'  Southern  Confederacy . 

()n  motion  of  Mr.  F.  11.  Wardlaw,  the  resolution  waf 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  the  slaveholding  States  of 
North  America. 

Mr.  [nglis,  from  ih<-  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  an 
Ordinance  proper  to  be  adopted  by  the  Convention,  pre- 
sented the  following 

REPORT: 

The  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  a  draft  of  an  Ordi- 
nance proper  t<>  be  adopted  by  the  Convention  in  order  t<> 
sffecl  the  secession  of  South  Carolina  from  the  Federal 
Union,  respectfully  report, 

That  they  have  had  the  matter  referred,  under  considera- 
tion, and  believing  thai  they  would  beal  meel  the  exigen- 
cies of  the  great  occasion,  and  the  just  expectations  of  the 
Convention,  by  expressing,  in  the  fewest  and  simplest 
words  possible  to  be  used,  consistently  with  perspicuity,  all 
that  i-  necessary  to  effect  the  cud  proposed  and  no  more, 
and  so  excluding  everything,  which,  however  proper  in 
itself,  for  tin'  attention  and  action  of  the  Convention,  is  not 
a  necessary  pari  of  the  solemn  acl  of  secession,  bu1  may, 
a1  least,  he  a>  well  effected  by  a  distincl  Ordinance  or  n 
lution,  they  submit  for  the  consideration  of  the  Conven- 
tion the  accompanying  brief  draft  : 

AN   <>UM.\AN<  i: 

'I'm  dissolve  the  Union  between  the  State  of  South  Carolina 
and  oth<r  State-  united  with  her  under  ih«'  compacl 
entitled  "The  Constitution  of  the  United  States  of 
America." 

We,  tht    /'<  ■/>!<   of.  th  Statu   of  South  Qarolvna^m  Convention 
assembled,  do  deelan  and  ordain,  and  it  is  hereby  declared  and 
ordained, 
That   the  Ordinance  adopted  by  us  in  Convention,  on 


Convehtioh  01  1860. 


49 


the  twenty-third  day  of  May,  in  the  year  of  out  Lord  one 
thousand  Beven  hundred  and  eighty-eight,  whereby  the 
('(institution  of  the  United  States  of  America  was  ratified, 
and  also  all  Acts,  and  parts  of  Acts,  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly of  this  State,  ratifying  amendments  of  the  said  Con- 
stitution, are  hereby  repealed;  and  thai  the  union  now 
subsisting  between  South  Carolina  and  other  States,  under 
the  name  of  "The  United  States  of  America,"  is  hereby 
dissolved. 


Mr.  Spain  moved  thai  business  he  suspended  for  fifteen 
minutes  ;  which  motion  was  not  agreed  to. 

The  question    being  put,  will  the  Convention  adopt  the 
Ordinance?  it  passed  in  the  affirmative; 
Yeas,  169 :  Nays,  none. 
The  yeas  and  nays  were  demanded,  and  are  as  follows: 
Those  who  voted  in  the  affirmative  are: 

Hon,  1>.  F.  Jamison,  President;  and 


\l<  SSrs.  Adams. 

Allison, 

Appleby, 

Atkinson, 

Ayer, 

Barnwell, 

Barron, 

Barton, 

B<  aty, 

Bethea, 

I  '.■  I  linger, 

Bobo, 

Bonneau, 

Brabham, 

Brown,  A.  II. 

Brown,  0.  P. 

Buchanan, 

Burnet, 

in, 
I  alhoun, 
<    ildwell, 
I    mpbell, 

1      HI. 

isle, 


Carroll, 
( !aughman, 
( lauthen, 
( lharles, 
Chesnut, 
Chevi  -. 

Clarke. 

( lonner, 
( irawford, 
< 'urtis, 
Dargan, 
ant, 

I  >;r 

-  mssure, 
DeTreville, 
Dozier, 

I  >une;m, 
I  >unkin. 
Dunovant,   \    Q 
Dunovant,  \i.  <;.  M. 

KUi 

ish, 


50 


Joi  i;\  \i.  09  Tin-: 


Evans, 

Fair. 

Finley, 
Flud, 
Forster, 
ter, 
Frampton, 
Furman, 
( ladberry, 
Garlington, 

(  i  el  Lf'T, 

Gist, 
Glover, 
Goodwin, 
Gotirdin,  K.  N. 
( lourdin,  T.  L. 
( 1-reen, 

(  rregg,   Maxcy 

( Iregg,  William 

Grisham, 

Hammond, 

Hanckel, 

Harllee, 

Barrison, 

Havne, 

Benderson, 

Honour, 

Hopkins, 

Hunter, 

II  utson, 

[nglis, 

[ngram, 

Jackson, 

Jefferies, 

Jenkins,  John 

Jenkins,  J.  E. 

Johnson, 

Keitt, 

Kershaw, 

Kilgore, 

k'inanl, 

Eftnsler, 

Landrum, 

Lawton, 

Lewis, 


Logan, 

Lvl. 

McCrady, 

Mclver, 

McKee, 

McLeod, 

Magrath, 

Manigault, 

Manning, 

.\  I  a  1 1 1 I 1  i  1 1 . 

Maxwell, 

Mayes, 

Mazyck, 

Means. 

Memminger, 

Middleton,  John  [zard 

Middleton,  W. 

Miles, 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

CToble, 

Howell, 

O'Hear, 

Orr, 

rainier, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Pope, 

Porcher, 

I  Tessley, 

Quattlebaum, 

Rainey, 

Reed, 

Rhett, 

Rhodes, 

Richardson,  F.  D. 

Richardson,  J.  P. 

Robinson, 

Rowell, 

Rutledge, 

Scott, 

Seabrook,  E2.  M. 

Seabrook,  G.  W.,  Br. 

Sessions, 

Shingler,  AY.  P. 


Convention  of  1860. 


51 


Shiiigler,  J.  M. 
Simons, 

Simpson. 

Smvly, 

Smith, 

Snowden, 

Spain, 

Spratt, 

Springs, 

Stoki 

Sims. 

Thompson,  R.  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 

Timmons, 

Tompkins, 


Townsend, 

Wagner, 

Wannamaker, 

Wardlaw,  D.  L. 

Wardlaw,  F.  II. 

Watts, 

Wier, 

Whitnor, 

Williams, 

Wilsm.,  I.  P. 

Wilson,  J.  II. 

Wilson,  W.  B. 

Withers, 

Woods, 

Young. 


On  motion  of  Mr.  Miles,  it  was  ordered  that  the  Clerk 
telegraph  forthwith  to  our  members  of  Congress  in  Wash- 
ington the  result  of  the  vote  and  the  Ordinance  of  Seces- 


- 
sion 


Mr.  De  Saussure  offered  the  following  resolutions,  which 
were  considered  immediately,  and  were  agreed  to: 


R  fr,,I.  That  a  message  he  sent  to  His  Excellency  the 
Governor,  and  to  both  branches  of  the  Legislature,  inviting 
their  attendance  at  the  [nstitute  Hall,  at  seven  o'clock  this 
evening;  and  that  this  Convention  move  in  procession  to 
the  Institute  Hail,  and  there,  at  seven  o'clock,  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  constituted  authorities  of  the  State,  and  of  the 
People,  Bign  the  Ordinance  of  Secession. 

/.'  ■/<•<'/.  Thai  the  Presidenl  invite  a  member  of  the  rev- 
erend  clergy  to  attend  at  [nstitute  Hall,  at  seven  o'clock, 
this  evening,  and.  upon  the  signing  of  the  Ordinance,  to 
return  thanks  to  Almighty  God  on  behalf  of  the  People  "i 
thie  wd   to  invoke   His  blessing  apod  our  proceed- 

ings. 

/.'    ived,  That   the  Ordinance  be  engrossed,  under  the 

direction  of  the  Atn>n  ;d  and    the  Solicitors,  upon 

parchment,  and  by  tie-  President  and  members  ol 

the  Convention   a1    die   [nstitute  Hall,  in  the  alphabetical 


.",2  Journal  of  ihi 

order  of  Election  Districts,  and  be  deposited  in  the  archives 
of  the  State. 

Mr.  Dunkin  offered  the  following  Ordinance,  which  was 
.  ■  msidered  immediately : 

Be  it  ordained,  bythe  People  of  South  Carolina,  by  their 
Delegates  in  Convention  assembled, 

That  until  otherwise  provided  by  the  Legislature,  the 
Governor  shall  be  authorized  to  appoint  Collectors  and 
other  officers  connected  with  the  customs  for  the  several 
ports  within  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  and  also  all  l'ost 
Masters  within  the  said  State;  and  that,  until  such  appoint- 
ment shall  have  liccn  made,  the  persons  now  charged  with 
the  duties  of  the  said  several  offices  shall  continue  to  dis- 
charge the  same,  keeping  an  account  of  the  moneys  received 
and  disbursed  by  them  respectively. 

Mr.  Gadberry  moved  to  amend,  by  striking  out  the  words 
"by  tlit-  Legislature." 

Mr.  Dunkin  accepted  the  amendment. 

Mr.  E.  M.  Seabrook  moved  that  the  Ordinance  he  refer- 
red to  the  Committee  on  Commercial  Relations  and  Postal 
Arrangements. 

Mr.  Seabrook  withdrew  his  motion. 

Mr.  Carrol]  moved  that  the  Ordinance  he  made  the  spe- 
c-ad order  <>t'  the  day  for  to-morrow,  at  one  o'clock,  p,  m., 
which  motion  was  not  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Maxcy  Gregg  moved  to  strike  ou1  all  after  the  ordain- 
ing words,  and  insert  the  following: 

W*e,  the  people  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  in  Con- 
vention assembled,  do  declare  and  ordain,  and  it  is  bereby 
declared  and  ordained,  that  until  otherwise  provided  tor  by 
the  General  Assembly,  the  importation  of  merchandize 
into  this  State  .-hall  he  free  and  unrestricted;  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Governor  to  make  such  temporary  regu- 
lations as  may  he  requisite,  concerning  the  entry  and  elear- 


Convention  of  1860.  58 

ance  of  vessels, 'and  to  appoint  such  officers  as  may  be 
needed  for  the  purpose;  and  it  shall  lie  the  duty  of  the 
General  Assembly  to  provide  proper  compensation  For  all 
officers  whose  appointment  is  required  by  this  Ordinance. 
Section  2.  And  it  is  further  ordained  and  declared  that, 
until  otherwise  provided  for  by  the  General  Assembly,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Governor  to  appoint  Tost  Masters, 
and  to  make  such  temporary  arrangements  as  may  be  re- 
quisite for  the  transportation  of  the  mails,  having  due 
regard  to  mail  contracts  with  the  governmenl  of  the  United 
States,  now  subsisting. 

Mr.  .1.  I.  Middleton  proposed  the  following  amendment, 
as  an  additional  clause  to  the  Ordinance: 

And  the  Collectors  of  the  Customs  are  hereby  instructed 
to  levy  and  collect  duties  on  all  goods,  wares  and  merchan- 
dize, at  half  the  rates  heretofore  exacted  by  operation  of 
the  last  Tariff  Act  of  the  United  States  government,  until 
otherwise  directed  by  law. 

Mr.  Elutson  offered  the  following  amendment: 

^  .  the  people  of  the  Commonwealth  of  South  Carolina, 
in  Convention  assembled,  do  declare  and  ordain,  and  it  is 
hereby  declared  and  ordained, 

That  until  the  General  Assembly  shall  otherwise  pro- 
vide, all  citizens  of  this  State  now  holding  office  under  the 
Government  of  the  United  States,  within  the  limit-  oi 
South  Carolina,  he,  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  to  hold, 
under  the  Governmenl  of  this  State,  the  same  offices  they 
now  till,  with  the  pay  and  the  emoluments  they  now 
receive. 

And  he  it  further  ordained,  that  until  the  General  As- 
sembly Bhall  otherwise  provide,  the  revenue  and  postal 
law.-  of  the  United  States  be,  and  they  are  hereby  adopted 
and  made  the  law-  of  this  State;  saving  and  excepting  dial 
no  duti<  -  -hall  be  collected  upon  goods,  wares,  merchan- 


5  \  Journal  oi  tee 

dizes  and  productions  imported  from  any  of  the  slavehold- 
ing  commonwealthjB  of  North  America. 

Ami  be  it  Further  ordained,  thai  all  moneys  collected  by 
any  <>i'  the  officers  aforesaid  shall,  after  deducting  tin1  sums 
necessary  for  the  compensation  of  officers  and  other  expen- 
ses, 1"'  paid  int<»  the  Bank  «>t'  tin-  State  «»t"  South  Carolina, 
subject  to  the  order  of  the  Genera]  Assembly. 

Ami  Ik-  it   hirther  ordained,  that  the  officers  aforesaid 

shall  retain  in  their  hands  all  property  of  the  I   nited  Stairs 

in  their  possession,  custody  ami  control,  Bubject  t<>  the  dis- 
posal  of  ih''  General  Assembly,  Who  will  account  lor  the 
same  upon  a  final  settlement  with  the  Government  of  the 
United  Stato 

Mi-.  A.  II.  Brown  offered  tin'  following  amendment  : 

That  the  Governor  <>(  the  State  be  empowered  forthwith 
to  collect  duties  on  imports  at  the  rates  now  existing  in  tin- 
United  States,  and  appoint  Collectors  or  other  recipients  for 
the  same,  and  hold  them  subject  to  the  further  direction  of 
this  body,  and  also  continue  the  present  Postal  Arrange- 
ments, in  part  contracted  on  our  behalf,  till  further  arrange- 
ments can  he  effected. 

On  motion,  the  ordinance,  and  tin-  amendments  pro- 
posed, \\ ere  ordered  to  he  printed. 

Pending  the  debate, 

<)n  motion  of  Mr.  Ma/.vek.  business  was  suspended  at 
forty-five  minutes  past  three  o'clock,  p.  m..  till  half-past  >ix 

o'clock.    !'.    M. 

RECESS. 

The  President  resumed  the  chair. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  lihett,  it  was  ordered,  that  when  the 
Convention  adjourn,  it  shall  be  adjourned  to  meet  to-mor- 
row, at  twelve  (.'(dock.  If. 

Mr.  DeSaussure  offered  the  following  resolution,  which, 
on  motion  of  Mr.  Bonneau,  was  ordered  to  li. the  table: 


Convention  of  1860.  55 

Resolved,  That  the  Charleston  Delegates  to  the  Conven- 
tion be  requested  to  cause  an  alteration  to  be  made  in  the 
arrangement  of  the  Hall,  so  that  the  seal  of  the  President 
shall  be  in  the  centre  of  the  Hall,  on  the  south  side,  oppo- 
site to  the  tV<>nf  entrance;  and  the  chairs  of  the  members 
be  arranged  on  the  right  hand  and  the  left,  facing  the 
chair,  thus  bringing  the  members  face  to  face  and  ensuring 
the  chance  <>f  being  distinctly  heard. 

A  message  was  received  from  the  Senate,  through  their 
Clerk,  Mr.  William  E.  Martin,  informing  the  Convention 
thai  the  Senate  accepted  the  invitation  of  the  Convention. 
to  attend  the  signing  of  the  Ordinance  of  Secession  at  In- 
stitute Hall,  this  evening,  at  seven  o'clock. 

A  message  was  received  from  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives, through  their  Clerk.  Mr.  John  T.  Sloan,  informing 
the  Convention  that  the  House  of  Representatives  accepted 
the  invitation  of  tlie  Convention  to  attend  the  signing  of 
the  Ordinance  of  Secession  at  Institute  Hall,  this  evening, 

veil    ..'clock. 

The  Convention  moved  in  procession  to  Institute  Hall. 
'1 'he  President  took  the  chair,  and  the  proceedings  were 
opened  with  prayer  by  Rev.  Dr.  Bachman. 

The  Attorney  General,  Mr.  I.  W.  Hayne,  made  the  fol- 
lowing report  : 

The  Auoni"\-  General  and  the  Solicitors,  to  whom  was 
confided  the  care  of  the  Ordinance  of  this  Convention  for 
engrossing  and  enrollment,  have  performed  that  duty,  and 

caused  the  great  Beal  of  the  state  to  he  attached  thereto. 

Whereupon,  the  Ordinance  was  presented,  and  was  sign- 
ed hye\ei\  member  of  the  Convention,  the  Election  Dis- 
tricts having  been  called  in  alphabetical  older. 

When  the  signing  was  completed,  the  President  of  the 
( Convention  said  : 

The  Ordinal  :        now  has  been  signed  and  ratified, 


66  Jul  ftNAL    OE    TIIK 

;iiid  I  proclaim  the  State  of  South  Carolina  an  [ndependent 
Oommonwealth. 

[notion,  the  Convention  was  adjourned  a1  fifteen  min- 
utes past  nine  o'clock,  p.  m. 

B.  k.  AJRTHUR, 

<  A  rk  of  ih  <  'onvt  nUon. 


FRIDAY,  DECEMBER  21,  1800. 

At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
I'p  aidenl  took  the  chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 

witli  prayer  by  Rev.  D.  Du  Pre. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegates 
answered  to  their  names : 

Messrs.  Adams,  Cauthen, 

Allison.  Chesnut, 

Appleby,  Cheves, 

Atkinson,  Clarke, 

Ayer,  Conner, 

Barnwell,  Crawford, 

Barron,  Curtis, 

Barton,  Dargan, 

Beaty,  Davant, 

Bethea,  Davis, 

Bellinger,  De  Saussure, 

Bobo,  DeTreville, 

Bonneau,  Duncan, 

Brabham,  Dunkin, 

I'.i'U  n,  A.  H.  Du  Pre, 

Buchanan,  Easley, 

Calhoun,  Ellis, 

Caldwell,  English, 

Campbell,  Evans, 

Cam.  Pair, 

Carlisle,  Finley, 

Carroll,  Find, 

Caughman,  Forster, 


Convention  of  1860. 


57 


Foster, 

Frampton, 

Furman, 

Gadlx'ITV, 

Garlington, 

Geiger, 

Glover, 

Goodwin, 

Gourdin,  R.  N. 

Green, 

Gregg,  Maxcy 

( Iregg,  William 

Grisnam, 

Hammond, 

Hanckel, 

Harllee, 

Harrison, 

Hayne, 

Henderson, 

Honour, 

Hopkins, 

Hunter, 

Hutson, 

Inglis, 

[ngram, 

Jackson, 

Jefferies, 

.l«ii kins,  John 

Jenkins.  J.  E. 

Johnson, 

Keitt, 

Kershaw, 

Kilgore, 

Kinard, 

Kinsler, 

Landrum, 

Lawton, 

I     ..hi. 

L  \  I  ■ 

M<<  'r;i<lv. 

Mclver, 

McB 

McLeod, 

ath, 


Manning, 

Manldin, 

Maxwell, 

Mayes, 

Means, 

Memminger, 

Middleton,  J.  Izard 

Middleton,  W. 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

No  well, 

Orr, 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Pope, 

Porcher, 

Pressley, 

Quattlebaum, 

Rainey, 

Reed, 

Rhett, 

Rhodes, 

Richardson,  J.  P. 

Robinson, 

Rowell, 

Rutledge, 

Scott, 

Seabrook,  F>.  M. 

Seabrook,  G.  W.,  Sr. 

Sessions, 

Shingler,  W.  P. 

Shingler,  J.  M. 

Simons, 

Simpson, 

Smyly, 

Smith, 

Snowden, 

Spain, 

Sprii 

8  to! 

Sims, 

Thompson,  R.  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 

Timmoi 


JoUBN  \i.  91  Tin: 

Tompkins,  Whitner, 

Townsend,  Williams. 

Wagner,  Wilson,  I.  !>. 

Wannamaker,  Wilson,  J.  II. 

Wardlaw,  1).  L.  Wilson,  W.  B. 

Wardlaw,  K.  II.  Withers, 

Watts,  W 

Wier,  Young. 

Mr.  Adams  moved  ihat  this  Convention  go  into  Becret 
Bession. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Perrin,  the  motion  was  ordered  to  Lie 
on  the  table. 

Mr.  Rhett  presented  the  report  of  the  Committee  ap- 
pointed t"  prepare  an  address  to  the  people  of  the  Southern 

States. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  D.  L.  Wardlaw.  the  address  was 
ordered  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Cam  moved  thai  the  address  be  made  the  Bpecial 
order  of  the  day  tor  Monday  next,  at  one  o'clock,  P.  u. 

Mr.  Reed  moved  to  amend,  by  striking  out  "  Monday 
next"  and  inserting  "to-morrow,"  which  amendment  was 
agreed  to;  and  the  address  was  made  the  special  order  of 
the  day  for  to-morrow,  at  one  o'clock,  r.  m. 

Mr.  I>.  L.  Wardlaw,  from  the  Committee  on  the  Consti- 
tution of  the  State,  made  a  report,  and  reported  the  follow- 
ing 

ORDINANCE: 

An  Ordinance  to  alter  the  Constitution  of  the  State  *^\' 
South  Carolina  in  respect  to  the  oath  of  office. 

We.  tie  People  of  the  state  of  South  Carolina,  in  Con- 
tention assembled,  do  declare  and  ordain,  and  it  is  herebj 

declared  and  ordained, 

That  the  fourth   Article  of  the  Constitution  of  the   State 

of  South  Carolina,  heretofore  amended,  he  now  altered,  so 

:i-  to  read  as  follows,  to  wit  : 

All  persons  who  shall  be  elected  or  appointed  to  any 
office  of  profit  or  trust,  before  entering  on  the  execution 


Convention  o?  I860.  59 

thereof,  shall  take  (besides  special  oaths,  no1  repugnant  to 
this  Constitution  prescribed  by  the  General  Assembly)  the 
following  <>a(h  :  "  I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  th;it  l 
will  be  faithful,  and  true  allegiance  hear,  to  the  State  of 
South  Carolina,  bo  long  as  I  may  continue  a  citizen  thereof ; 
and  that  1  am  duly  qualified,  according  to  the  Constitution 
of  this  State,  to  exercise  the  office  to  which  I  have  been 
appointed;  ami  that  I  will,  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  dis- 
charge the  duties  thereof,  ami  preserve,  protect  and  defend 
the  Constitution  of  this  State  so  help  me  Gk>d." 

On  motion  of  Mr.  D.  L.  Wanllaw,  the  Ordinance  was 
considered  immediately,  was  adopted,  was  ordered  to  be 
engrossed  and  to  be  signed  by  the  Presidenl  and  the  Clerk. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Pressley,  leave  of  absence  was  -ranted 
to  Mr.  Dozier,  on  account  of  Bickness. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Spain,  leave  of  absence,  until  Monday, 
the  :;ist  instant,  was  granted  to  Mr.  Green,  on  account  of 
indisposition. 

SPECIAL  ORDER. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  De  Treville,  the  Convention  proceeded 
to  the  consideration  of  the  following  resolution,  which  had 
been  made  the  special  order  of  the  day  for  Thursday,  at 
one  o'clock,  r.  m.  : 

ived,  Thai  ii  is  expedient  thai  a  Council,  to  consist  of 
five  citizens  of  the  State  to  acl  with  the  Governor  of  the 

State    as   his    counsellors   and    advisers,   and    to   be   called   a 

Council  of  Safety,  should  be  forthwith  appointed;  and  that 
it  be  referred  to  a  Committee  of  this  Convention  to  report 
thereon,  by  <  Ordinance  or  otherwise. 

On  ni' >t ion  of  Mr.  l »,.  Treville,  the  resolution  was  amended 
bj  striking  oul  all  after  tic  word  "  Resolved,"  and  insert- 
ing-the  following:  "Thai  ii  be  referred  to  the  Commitee 
on  the  Constitution  to  enquire  and  report  on  the  expedi- 
ency of  appointing  forthwith  a  Council  to  oonsisl  of 


60  JotJBHAL   OF   Till- 

citizens  of  the  State,  to  ad  with  the  <  lovernor  of  the  Stair. 
as  his  counsellors  and  advisers,  and  to  be  called  a  Council 
of  Safety." 

<  >n  motion  of  Mr.  De  Treville,  the  resolntion,  as  amended, 
wa>  agreed  to. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  AxLams,  the  Convention  went  into 
secret  session. 

After  some  time  passed  therein,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Gist, 
the  doors  of  tin-  Hall  were  thrown  open. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Buchanan,  it  was  ordered,  that  when 
the  Convention  adjourns,  it  shall  he  adjourned  to  meet 
to-morrow,  at  twelve  o'clock,  if. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  J.  I.  Middleton,  leave  of  absence,  till 
Monday  next,  was  granted  to  Mr.  A.ppleby. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Inglis,  business  was  suspended  at  fifty- 
five  minutes  past  three  o'clock,  p.  m.,  until  seveo  o'clock, 
p.  M. 

RECESS. 

The  President  resinned  the  ('hair. 

The  President  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following 
communication,  which  was  received  as  information,  and 
was  left  in  the  possession  of  the  President  : 

Charleston  Hotel,  December  21,  1860. 

Hon.  I).  F.  Jamison, 

President  of  the  South  Curol'tna  <  'onrentiori, 

now  sitting  in  Charleston  : 

Dear  Sib:  I  have  the  honor  to  lay  before  von,  for  infor- 
mation, a  despatch,  just  received  by  me,  from  his  Excel- 
lency, John  J.  Pettus,  Governor  of  Mississippi,  in  which 
he  Informs  me  that  in  Hinds  County,  where  the  most  for- 
midable opposition,  or  co-operation,  ticket  in  the  State  was 
Organized,  those  in  favor  of  separate  State  action  have  suc- 
ceeded by  a  majority  of  three  hundred;  and  that  we  have 
the  State  Convention  by  a  majority  of  four  to  one. 


Convention  of  1860.  61 

I  have  the  honor  to  enclose  the  despatch,  to  be  disposed 
of  at  your  pleasure. 
Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

C.  E.  HOOKER. 

The  despatch  referred  to  is  as  follows: 

To  Hon.  0.  E.  Hooker,  Commissioner: 

Hind-  County  three  hundred  majority  for  prompt  seces- 
sion.    Our  majority  in  Convention  tour  to  one. 

JOHN  J.  PETTXTS. 

Mr.  Adams  from  the  Committee  appointed  to  count  the 
ballots  cast  for  three  Commissioners  to  Washington,  re- 
ported that  one  hundred  and  sixty-four  (164)  ballots  were 
cast,  with  the  following  result: 

Mr.  W.  P.  Miles  received  22  votes;  R,  \V.  Barnwell,  104; 
L.  M.  Keitt,  4:  C.  Or.  Memminger,  38;  T.  J.  Withers,  II: 
.1.  II.  Adams,  21;  A.  O.  Magrath,  69;  I.  W.  Hayne,  1; 
.1.  S.  Preston,  23;  .1.  P.  Carroll,  4;  J.  L.  Orr,  59;  Win. 
II.  Tresctt.  34;  K.  lb  Ehett,  10;  .1.  Chesnut,  dr..  29;  J). 
L.  Wardlaw,  9;  W.  P.  Finley,  3:  J.  L.  Manning,  1  ;  W, 
V.  De  Saussure,  2:  Maxcy  Gregg,  6;  John  McQueen,  1: 
\V.  II.  Gist,  1;  dob, i  A.  In,-lb.  4:  I.  I).  Wilson.  1  ;  W. 
W.  Harllee,  I:  lb  F.  Dm, kin.  2:  d.  p.  Richardson,  1 ;  J. 
Townsend,  1.  Eighty-three  being  a  majority,  lb  W.  Barn- 
well only,  is  electa  d. 

(>n  motion  of  Mr.  DeTreville,  the  Convention  proceeded 
t.>  a  second  ballol  for  Commissioners  to  Washington. 

Mr.  Memminger,  from  the  Committee  appointed  to  pre- 
pare a  declaration  of  th<  which  justify  the  secession 
of  South  Carolina  from  the  Federal  Union,  made  a  report, 
which,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Dargan,  waa  made  the  Bpecial 
order  of  the  day  for  to-morrow,  ;;t  one  o'clock,  p.  m..  ami 
ordered  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  A.tkinson,  from  the  Committee  appointed  to  count 
the  ballots  casl  on  the  second  ballot  for  Commi 


Journal  o?  tin: 

the  Federal  Government  :it  Washington,  reported  that  no 
..in-  had  received  :i  majority  of  the  ballots  cast,  and  that, 
consequently,  there  was  no  election. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  a  third  l»all<»t  for  Commis- 
sioners to  the  Federal  Government  al  Washington. 

( >n  motion  of  Mr.  1  i< »1  >« ».  leave  of  absence,  till  Wednes- 
day next,  was  granted  to  Mr.  Carlisle,  on  account  of  the 
illness  of  his  family. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Duukin,  the  following  Ordinance, 
ther  with  the  amendments  thereto,  was  taken  up  from 
the  table : 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  People  of  South  Carolina,  by  their 
Delegates  in  Convention  assembled, 

That  until  otherwise  provided,  the  Governor  Bhall  be 
authorized  n>  appoint  Collectors  and  other  officers  con« 
nected  with  the  customs  for  the  Beveral  ports  within  the 
State  of  South  Carolina,  and  also  all  Post  Masters  within 
the  said  State;  and  that  until  such  appointment  -hall  have 
been  made  the  persona  now  charged  with  the  <  1  u  t  'u  •  -  of  the 
said  several  offices  shall  continue  \<>  discharge  the  same, 
ping  an  accounl  of  the  moneys  received  and  disbursed 
by  them  respectively. 

<>n  motion  <>f  Mr.  Jhinkin,  the  Ordinance,  together  with 
the  amendments,  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Com- 
mercial  Relations  and  Postal  Arrangements. 

.Mr.  Chevea  offered  the  following  Ordinance,  which,  ou 
motion  of  Mr.  Cheves,  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Commercial  Relations  and  Postal  Arrangements,  and  was 
ordered  to  be  printed : 

Whereas,  the  Federal  Government  of  the  United  States 
of  America,  has,  from  time  t<»  time,  with  the  consent  of 
this  State,  created  certain  offices  of  profit  and  trust,  as  well 
within  as  without  the  limits  of  this  State ; 

And  whereas,  divers  persons,  a-  well  citizens  of  this 
Stat  have,  with  the  consent  of  this  State,  and 


COFTBNTIOS    OF   1860.  6$ 

by  the  appointment  of  the  Baid  Federal  Gk)vemmen1  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  undertaken  the  execution  of  the 
functions  of  the  said  offices,  and  become  bound  by  official 
(tatlis  and  heavy  penalties,  to  the  Federal  Governmenl 
aforesaid,  for  the  performance  of  the  same  ; 

And  whereas,  the  Budden  arrest  of  the  fnnctions  of  the 
said  offices  would  work  greal  inconvenience  to  the  citizens 
of  this  State,  and  grievous  hardship  to  the  persons  bound 
as  aforesaid  ; 

Wherefore,  for  1 1 1 < •  convenience  of  this  State  and  for  the 
relief  of  said  persons, 

Be  it  ordained,  and  by  the  people  of  the  Stat.-  of  South 
Carolina,  in  Convention  assembled,  it  is  ordained, 

That  all  persons  who  were  in  occupation  ><\'  any  office  of 
profit  or  trust  under  the  government  of  the  United  Statea 
of  America,  immediately  previous  to  the  adoption  of  the 
Ordinance  of  S  -  >n,  Bhall  continue  to  exercise  the 
functions  of  the  same,  in  like  manner  and  form  precisely 
before  the  adoption  of  Baid  Ordinance,  until   otherwise 

order.. I. 

And  that  all  Laws  of  the  Federal  Government  of  the 
United  £  f  America,  which  shall  have  been  abrogated 

by  virtue  of  said  Ordinance,  are  hereby  declared  in  full 
force  and  effect  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  and  n<»  other. 

And  tie  it  further  ordained,  that  the  operation  of  this  < Or- 
dinance may  be,  at  anj  time,  suspended  by  the  Governor 
of  thi    8t       at  his  discretion. 

And  that  the  General  A.ssembly  of  this  State  is  author- 
ized and  empowered  to  repeal  the  Bame  whenso<  rer  it  shall 
be  by  them  deemi  d  i  \\«  dient 

Mr.    Reed   offered    the  following  resolution,  which,  on 

tioii  of  Mi .  "N'  ordered  bo  Li<  on  the  table  : 

ived,  Thai   when   thi-  <  on  adjourn-,  it   -hall 

be  adjourned  to  mi  Jan- 

uary  le  ,M. 

Mr  the  foil 


r,|  Joi  i:n  Hi  01  tui- 

tions, which  were  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Commer- 
cial Relations  and  Postal  Ajrangemei 

8  wived.  Thai  until  the  General  Assembly  shall  other- 
wi-c  determine,  all  goods,  wares,  and  merchandize  im- 
ported, into  this  Commonwealth,  be  subjected  to  a  rate  of 
duties  amounting  to  one-half  of  that  exacted  by  the  late 
Government  of  the  United  States,  excepting  all  goods, 
ware-,  and  merchandize  imported  from  any  of  the  slave- 
holding  States  of  this  Continent,  al  amity  with  this  Com- 
monwealth, the  products  of  which  shall  be  free  of  all  duti 

lvea\  Thai  until  the  General  Assembly  shall  other- 
wise provide,  duties  on  the  tonnage  of  all  vessels  resorting 
to  the  ports  of  this  Commonwealth,  shall  be  at  the  rates 
heretofore  exacted  by  the  Late  Government  of  the  United 
Stat<  3. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Mazyck,  the  following  Resolution  was 
taken  up  : 

Resolved,  Thai  a  Committee,  to  consist  of  members, 

be  appointed,  whose  duty  it  Bhall  be  to  inquire  and  report 
I.,  this  Convention  how  much  of  the  Legislation  of  Con- 
-  would  be  ipso  facie  abrogated,  so  far  as  this  State  is 
concerned,  by  the  secession  of  the  State  from  the  Federal 
Union,  and  how  much  of  it  might  remain  of  force,  notwith- 
standing the  A«-t  of  Secession. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Mazyck,  the  blank  was  Tilled  with  the 
Dumber  thirteen,  and  the  Resolution,  as  amended,  was 
agreed  to. 

Mr.  Middleton  offered  the  following  Ordinance,  whieh, 
(•n  motion  of  Mr.  Chesnut,  was  ordered  to  lie  on  the  table  : 

Be  it  ordained,  by  the  People  of  the  state  of  South  Caro- 
lina, new  met  and  sitting  in  Convention,  that  all  citizens 
of  South  Carolina  in  the  naval  and  military  service  of  tiki 
United  states  who  have,  in  consequence  of  the  present 
aspect  <>!'  political  affairs,  resigned  their  commission^  or 


Contention  of  1860. 

who  may,  for  that  cause,  resign  their  commissions  within 
the  term  of  months,  shall  be  entitled  to  and  shall 

he  placed  in  the  same  grade  in  the  service  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  South  Carolina,  with  thai  which  they  relinquish, 
and  shall  receive,  respectively,  the  pay  and  emolument* 
attached  to  their  grade  in  the  late  United  States  service, 
subject,  in  all  <■;!-.■>.  to  Buch  enactments  in  relation  to 
naval  and  military  affairs  as  may  be  passed  by  the  Gem 
Assembly. 

Mr.  Barron,  from  the  Committee  appointed  to  count  the 
ballots  east  on  the  third  ballot  tor  Commissioners  to  th< 
Federal  Government  a1  Washington,  reported  that  Messrs 
.lames  II.  Adams  and  dames  L.  Orr  had  received  a  majority 
of  tin-  ballots  '-;1vt.  Whereupon,  the  President  announced 
that  Messrs.  R.  YV.  Barnwell,  dames  II.  Adams,  and  Jamei 
L.  Orr,  are  duly  elected  Commissioners  to  the  Federal  <Jov- 
ernment  at  Washington. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Bobo,  the  Convention  was  adjourned 
at  five  minutes  past  ten  o'clock,  p.  m. 

B.   F.   ARTHUR, 
Clerk  of  the  Convent 


SATFKDAV.  DECEMBER  22,  I860. 

At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned.  th< 
President  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  John  <».  Landrum. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  whin  the  following  i 
answered  to  their  nan 

Messrs.  Adai  Barron, 

Allison,  Barton, 

Atkinson,  I  '••  sty, 

Ay  r,  Bet 

B  unwell,  B<  llingi 


.1-1    K\  \!      01    TIIK 

Bobo,  gwr, 

Bonneau,  Gist, 

Brabham,  Glover, 

Brown,  A.  H.  Goodwin, 

Brown,  0.  I*.  Gourdin,  K.  X. 

Buchanan,  ardin,  T.  L. 

Burnet,  Gregg,  Maxcy, 

Cain.  Gregg,  William 

Calhoun,  Grisham, 

Caldwell,  Hammond, 

Campbell,  Kanckel, 

Cam.  Harllee, 

Carroll,  Harrison, 

Caughman,  Hayne, 

Cautnen,  Henderson, 

Charles,  Honour, 

Chesnut,  Hopkins, 

dies.-.  Hunter, 

Clarke,  Hutson, 

Conner,  Indis. 

Crawford,  [ngram, 

Curtis,  Jackson, 

Dargan,  Jefferies, 

Davant,  Jenkins,  John 

Davis,  Jenkins.  J.  EL 

DeSaussnre,  Johnson, 

DeTreville,  Keitt, 

Duncan,  Kershaw, 

Dunkin,  Kilgore, 

Dunovant,  A.  (t>.  EKnard, 

Dunovant,  R.  <J.  M.  Kinsler, 

l)U  Pre,  Landrum, 

Easley,  Lawton, 

Ellis,  Lewis, 

English,  Logan, 

Evans,  Lvies, 

Fair.  M. Cra.lv, 

Finley,  Mclver, 

Find,  McKee, 

Forster,  McLeod, 

Poster,  Magrath, 

Frampton,  Manipmlt, 

Fnrman,  Manning, 

GadlxMTy,  Manklin. 

Garlington,  Maxwell, 


Convention  of  1860. 


67 


M;l\ 

Sessions, 

Mazyck, 

Shingler,  J.  M. 

Means. 

Shingler,  W.  P. 

Memminger, 

Simon-. 

Middleton,  J.  1. 

Simpson, 

Middleton,  W. 

Sinvlv. 

Miles, 

Smith, 

Moore, 

Snowden, 

Moorman, 

Spain, 

Noble, 

Spratt, 

N"owell, 

Springs, 

O'Hear, 

Stokes, 

Orr, 

Sims, 

rainier, 

Thompson,  R.  A. 

Parker, 

Thomson,  Thomas 

1  Vrrin, 

Timmons, 

Pope, 

Tompkins, 

Porcher, 

Townsend, 

Pressley, 

Wagner, 

Quattlebaum, 

Wannamaker, 

HaiiM  \ . 

Wardlaw,  D.  L. 

Reed, 

Wardlaw,  F.  IF 

Rhett, 

Watts, 

Rhodes, 

Wier, 

Richardson,  F.  D. 

W'liitner, 

Richardson,  J.  P. 

Williams, 

Robinson, 

Wilson,  F  I>. 

Rowell, 

Wilson.  .1.  IF 

Rutledge, 

Wilson,  W.  B. 

Scott. 

Withers, 

•rook,  E.  M. 

Woods, 

Seabrook,  < ;.  W.,  Sr. 

Young. 

The  President  announced  the  following  gentlemen  as 
the  Committee  to  inquire  how  much  of  the  legislation  <>f 
Congress  would  1»<'  abrogated  by  1 1 1 « ■  secession  <>.  the  Stefes 
from  tli-  Federal  Onion : 


\  lexander  M 
II.  r.  Daris, 
B.  B.  F 

'I".  \F  Hanckel, 
I'..  F.  Efilgi 


Joi  i.n  \i.  0*  nu: 
Messrs.  J.  Maxwell, 

II.  Moorman, 
•  I.  s.  Palmer, 
W.  i\  Bhingler, 
A.  B.  Springs, 
.1.  Tompkins, 
8.  Bobo, 
II.  I.  ( laughman. 

The  Presidenl  Laid  before  the  Convention  the  following 
commnnication : 

Charleston,  Dec.  21,  I860. 
Honorablt  th  President  and  Delegates 

of  tfu  Commonwealth  of  South  Carolina: 
Gentlemen:  The  Commissioners  oi   the  Orphan  House 
\i-A\v  instructed  me  to  invite  yon  to  visit  the  Institution  of 
the  Orphan  Eouse  in  this  city,  whenever  it  may  suit  your 
convenience  to  do  bo,  individually  or  as  a  body. 
The  House  will  beatall  times  open  for  your  inspection. 
Respectfully, 

II.  A.  DbSATJSSURE, 
Chairman  of  Commissioners  of  Orphan  II 

On  motion,  the  communication  was  received  as  informa- 
tion, and  the  invitation  was  accepted. 

Mr.  Means  offered  the  following  Resolution,  which  was 
considered  immediately, and  was  agreed  to: 

//  olvedjThsA  the  Commissioners  to  the  Federal  Gov- 
ernment ai  Washington  be  authorized  to  appoint  a  Secre- 
tary, if  necessary. 

Mr.  Gadberry  offered  the  following  Resolution,  which 
was  considered  immediately,  and  was  agreed  t".- 

R  /  /.  That  it  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  the 
Constitution,  to  inquire  whether  the  powers  heretofore  del- 


Convbntiom   01  1860.  69 

egated  to  the  Federal  Governmenl  bj  this  State,  and  re- 
sumed by  the  ( Ordinance  of  Secession,  may  nol  be  properly 
bestowed  upon  the  Legislature  of  this  State;  and  it'  bo,  to 
report  to  this  Convention  an  Ordinance  for  thai  purp 

Mr.  DeSaussure,  from  the  Committee  on  the  Address  to 
the  People  of  the  Southern  States,  made  a  Report  <»n  the 
Address  of  a  portion  of  the  members  of  the  General    A 
Bembly  of  Georgia;  which,  on   motion  of   Mr.    Withers, 
was  ordered  to  Lie  <»n  the  table  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Miles  offered  the  following  Resolution,  which  was 
considered  immediately,  and  was  agreed  to: 

/,'  \lved,  That  the  travelling  expenses  of  our  Commis- 
sioners 1"  Washington  be  paid,  and  that  they  receive  ten 
dollars  each,  per  diem,  for  their  personal  expenses  during 
the  time  they  may  be  employed  in  the  discharge  of  tin- 
duties  of  their  mission. 

Mr.  Eayne  offered  the  following  Resolution,  which  was 
considered  immediately,  and  was  agreed  to: 

/.'  h-,,1.  That  the  resolution,  adopted  in  Becrel  session, 
for  the  appointment  of  Commissioners  t«i  the  Government 
of  the  United  States,  he  committed  to  C.  D.  Melton,  Esq., 
one  of  tlie  Solicitors  "t'  the  State,  for  the  purpose  of  pre- 
paring commissions  for  the  Commissioners  elected  1 1 V  this 
body — the  said  C.  I>.  Melton  being  first  sworn  to  secrecy. 

Mr.  Simons  offered  the  following  Resolution,  which  was 
considered  immediately,  and  was  agreed  t": 

/,'     '  i  t.  Thai  then  1"  added  n>  the  Standing  Commit- 
s  <>i'  tl»i—  Convention  an  1  ng  Committee,  to  oon« 

-i~i  "i"  three  members,  to  '».■  a]>|><>int<d  by  the  Presid 

Mr.   Miles  offered  the  following  Resolution,  whicl 
consid<  red  immediately,  and  wa 


.1"!   KN.\I.    "I     Tin: 

''•.'/.  Thai  the  injunction  ofg  be  removed  a-  i<> 

proc<  edings,  and  that  the  report  of  the  Commit- 
tee "ii   Foreign   Relations  be  printed  witib  the  Journal  of 
this  day. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Magrath,  the  Convention  went  into 

BOCl  'li. 

B.  v.  Airnni;. 

<  7,  /■,'■  of  tfu  lion. 


REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTKK  <»\   KORKU   N 
RELATIONS. 


The  Committee  on  Foreign  Relations,  to  whom  was  re- 
ferred certain  resolutions  touching  the  appointment  of 
Commissioners,  to  treat  with  the  United  states  concerning 
the  property  of  the  Latter  in  South  Carolina,  and  other 
matters,  beg  have  respectfully  u> 

REPORT: 

That  they  have  duly  considered  the  subjects  submitted 
to  them,  and  recommend  the  immediate  adoption  of  the 
following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  three  Commissioners,  bo  be  elected  by 
ballol  of  this  Convention,  be  directed  forthwith  to  proceed 
to  Washington,  authorized  and  empowered  to  treat  with 
the  Government  of., the  United  States  for  the  delivery  of 
the  Forts,  Magazines,  Light  Souses,  and  other  real  estate, 
with  their  appurtenances,  within  the  limits  of  South  Caror 
lina.  and  also  for  an  apportionment  of  the  public  debt,  and 
for  a  division  of  all  oilier  property,  held  bv  the  Govern- 
ment  of  the    United   States,  as  agent  of  the  Confederated 


( INVENTION   of   1860. 


71 


States,  of  which  South  Carolina  was  recently  a  member; 
and.  generally,  to  negotiate  ;^  to  all  other  measures  and 
arrangements  proper  to  be  made  and  adopted,  in  the  <wisr- 
i  1 1  iz:  relation  of  the  parties,  and  for  the  continuance  of  peace 
and  amity  between  this  Commonwealth  and  the  Govern- 
ment at  Washington. 
All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

W\l.  PORCHER  MILES,  Chairman. 


MONDAY,  DECEMBER  24,  1860. 


At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
President  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Timmons. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegates 
answered  to  their  nanus : 


Messrs.  Allison, 
Alkinson, 
Av,r. 
Barron, 
Barton, 
B<  ;iiv. 
Bethea, 
Bellinger, 
Bobo, 
Bonneau, 
Brabham, 
Brown,  A.  II. 
Bi    ■  a,  C.  P. 
Burnet, 

( lalhoun, 
Caldwell, 
( lampbell, 

(    ;i  111. 

Carroll, 

( 'aughman, 


( lauthen, 

(diaries, 

( Ihesnut, 

<  lii-ves, 

Clarke, 

( 'tinner. 

( Jrawfbrd, 

Dargan, 

Davis; 

I  >«■  Saussure, 

DeTrevHle, 

I  Mnikin. 

Dunovant,  EL  Gh  M 
Dn  Pre, 

ey, 
Ellis, 
English, 
Evans, 
Pair, 
Kin 
Find," 


T_ 


.1"!  i;\  \i.    Of    nn- 


ier, 
Foster, 
ETrampton, 

Funnan. 

( fodberry, 

Garlingtonj 

Geiger, 

Gist, 

Glover, 

Good w  in. 

Gourdin.  R,  \. 

Gourdin,  T.  L. 

Gregg,  William 

Grisham, 

I  [ammond, 

Banckel, 

Barllee, 

Harrison, 

Ifayno, 

Henderson, 

I  [onour, 

1  [opkins, 

Hunter, 

Hut  son, 

Inglie, 

Ingram, 

Jackson, 

Jefiferies, 

Jenkins,  John 

Jenkins,  J.  EL 

•  lollli-.  'li. 

Keitt, 

Kershaw, 

EGlgore, 

Kiuard, 

Kinsler, 

Landrum, 

Lawton, 

Lewis, 

Logan, 

Lyles, 

Mclver, 

McK<  ,■ 

McLeod, 
Magrath, 


Manning, 

Mauldin, 

Maxwell, 
Mazyck, 

Mean-. 

Memminger, 

Middleton,  J.  bard 

Middleton,  W. 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

Noble, 

Nowell, 

O'Hear, 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Pope, 

Porcher, 

Pressley, 

Qnattlebaum, 

Rainey, 

Reed, 

Rhett, 

Richardson,  F.  D. 

Richardson,  J.  1\ 

Robinson, 

Rowell, 

Rutledge, 

Scott, 

Beabrook,  G.  W.,8r 

Sessions, 

Bhingler,  W.  P. 

Simpson, 

Sinvly, 

Smith, 
Bnowden, 

Spain. 

Bpratt, 

Springs, 

Sims. 

Thompson,  R.  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 

Timmons, 

Tompkins, 

Town  send, 


Convention   of   I860.  73 

Wannamaker,  Wilson,  T.  J). 

Wardlaw,  D.  L.  Wilson,  J.  II. 

Wardlaw,  V.  II.  Wilson,  W*.  B. 

Watts,  Withers, 

Wier,  Woods, 

Whitner,  Young. 
Williams, 

The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  read. 
The  President  announced  the  following  as  the  Engross- 
ing Committee: 

Messrs.  T.  Y.  Simons, 
S.  Fair. 
II.  M elver. 

MY.  Lyles  offered  the  following  Resolution,  which  was 
considered  immediately,  and  was  agreed  to: 

Resolved,  That  the  Honorable  M.  S.  Perry,  Governor  of 

the  State  of  Florida,  now  in  the  City  of  Charleston,  be, 
and  he  is  hereby,  invited  to  a  seat  on  the  floor  of  the  Con- 
vention. 

Mi-.  De Saussure  presented  the  account  of  E.  R.  Stokes, 
for  putting  the  Baptist  Church  in  Columbia  in  condition 
for  receiving  the  Convention;  which,  on  motion  of  Mr. 
Bkfaxcy  Gregg,  was  ordered  to  lie  on  the  table. 

Mr.  Quattlebanm  offered  the  following  Resolutions, 
which  were  considered  immediately,  and  were  agreed  to: 

/.'  !<-,,!,  That  the  accounts  of  the  Printen  for  this  Con- 
vention l"'  audited  bythe  Comptroller  General,  allowing 
them  the  rates  designated  in  the  Resolution  conferring 
up on  them  their  appointment ;  and  that  the  said  accounts, 
when  so  audited,  be  paid  bythe  Treasurer  of  the  Lower 

l>i\  ision. 

B  toerf,  That  immediately  after  the  Convention  shall 
have  terminated  its  present  session  in  Charleston,  the  sev- 
eral Ordinances  adopted  by  it.  together  with  the  Journal  of 


71  JOI   ltN  LI    <>l      I  II M 

its  public  proceedings,  be  printed  in  pamphlet  form;  and 
thai  five  hundred  copies  be  struck  off,  for  die  use  of  the 
Convention,  to  be  disposed  of  under  the  direction  of  the 
President. 

Mr.  Pressley  offered  the  following  Resolution,  which 
was  considered  immediately,  and  was  agreed  to: 

R  ■  kedj  That  a  Committee  <>ii  Accounts,  to  consist  ol 
five  members,  be  appointed  by  the  President. 

Mr.  Caughmau  offered  the  following  Resolution,  which 
was  considered  immediately,  and  was  referred  t"  the  Com- 
mittee od  Printing : 

Resolved,  That  copies  of  the  Ordinance  of  Seces- 

sion and  the  signatures  thereto,  be  photographed  for  the 
u.m-  of  the  members  of  the  ( lonvention. 

Mr.  Magrath  offered  the  following  Ordinance,  which  wag 
considered  immediately,  and  was  referred  to  the  Commit- 
tee on  the  Constitution  of  the  State,  and  was  ordered  to  be 
printed : 

\W.  the  people  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  in  Con* 
mention  assembled,  do  declare  and  ordain,  and  it  is  hereby 
declared  and  ordained,  that  until  otherwise  provided  foi  by 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina^  the 
Judges  of  the  Courts  of  Law  in  this  State  shall  have  and 
take  cognizance  of  all  cases  of  admiralty  and  maritime 
jurisdiction.  And  that  the  said  Judges  shall  further  haw 
jurisdiction  of  all  offences  under  the  Laws  of  the  United 
States  relating  t«>  the  Post  Office  department,  the  public 
<-n -twins,  seamen,  and  offences  upon  the  high  seas.  That 
the  laws  of  the  United  States,  which  were  in  operation  at 
th.  time  of  the  u  of  this  State,  in  relation  to  these 

several  offences,  be  and  are  hereby  retained  as  parte  of  the 
laws  of  this  State,   until   otherwise  provided  for   by  the 


Convention  of  I860.  T5 

General  Assembly  of  the  State;  saving  and  excepting 
therefrom  so  much  as  relates  to  the  Courts  in  which  soch 
offences  shall  be  tried.  That  the  said  Judgea  shall  have 
'pout  r  to  appoint  such  officers  under  them  as  may  be  ne< 
sary  for  the  proper  discharge  of  the  <lui  ies  herein  provided. 
Ami  that  in  such  cases  as  have  been  tried  by  a  jury,  the 
trial  shall  ho  by  a  jury  according  to  the  mode  of  force  in 
this  State  in  relation  thereto.  And  in  cases  in  the  admi- 
ralty and  maritime  jurisdiction,  in  which  the  trial  by  jury 
has  nut  Im  en  established,  the  forms  and  modes  of  proceed- 
ing shall  be  Buch  as  have  been  heretofore  in  use  in  Courts 
within  this  Stale,  having  cognizance  of  such  ca 

On  motion  of  Mr.  I >.  L.  Wardlaw,  Mr.  Magrath  was 
added  to  the  Committee  <>n  the  Constitution  of  the  State. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Rhett,  the  Convention  proceeded  to 
the  consideration  of  the  Address  of  the  People  of  South 
Carolina,  assembled  in  Convention,  to  the  People  of  the 
Slaveholding  States  of  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Dargan  moved  that  the  Address,  together  with  the 
Declaration  of  the  Causes  which  justify  the  secession  <>f 
South  Carolina  from  the  Federal  Union,  be  recommitted  to 
a  Special  Committee,  to  b<  composed  of;  the  Committee  on 
the  Address,  and  the  Committee  on  the  Declaration  ;  which 

motion  w  as  not  ;e_  p<  ed  to. 

SPECIAL  OKDEE. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Dunkin,  the  Convention  proceeded  bo 
the  consideration  of  the  R<  port  of  the  Committee  on  Com- 
mercial Relations  and  Postal  Arrangements,  and  the  Report 
of  the  Minority  of  tjie  same  Committee;  which  had  been 
aiad<  ial    order  of  the  daj    for  this  day   at 

o'clock,  > 

motion  of   Mr.    Uarllce,   the   special  order  was  dis- 
charged for  thirty  minufr 

The  <  !ouv<  ntion   n  sumed  I ;  of  the   Ad- 

dn  --  to  tie    \'<  opl<   ol   I  u<   81av<  hold 


76  Jours  w.  oi  the 

Alter  Borne  time  passed  in  the  consideration  thereof,  tk<" 
Address  was  adopted. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  the  consideration  of  the 
Declaration  of  the  Causes  which  justify  the  secession  of 
South  Carolina  from  the  Federal  Union. 

Mr.  Gregg  moved  thai  the  Declaration  be  ordered  to  Hr 
on  the  table;  and  the  question  being  put,  will  the  Conven- 
tion agree  thereto!  it  was  decided  in  the  negative: 
Yt ias,  :'>1  :  nays,  124. 

The  yeas  and  nays  were  demanded,  and  are  as  follows: 

Those  who  voted  in  the  affirmative  are: 

Messrs.  Atkinson,  Kinsler, 

Aver,  Logan, 

Bonneau,  Lyles, 

Burnet,  Manigault, 

Cain,  Maxwell, 

Calhoun,  Mazyck, 

Carroll,  Noble, 

Davis,  Palmer, 

Do  Saussure,  Parker, 

Du  Pre,  Smith, 

Kind,  Snowden, 

Furman,  Spain, 

cist,  Timmons, 

Q-Ourdin,  T.  L.  Tompkins, 

Gregg,  Maxcy  Wilson.  J.   II. 
EOlgore, 

Those  who  voted  in  the  negative  are: 

II. hi.  I).  F.  Jamison,  Presidenl  ;  and 

Messrs.  Allison,  Cam, 

Barron,  Caughman, 

Barton,  Cautuen, 

Beaty,  Charles, 

Bethea,  Chesnut, 

Bellinger,  Cheves, 

Bobo,  Clark.'. 

Brabham,  Conner, 

BrOWU,   A.  II.  Crawford, 

Brown,  C.  P.  Curtis, 

Caldwell,  Dargan, 

Campbell,  De  Treville, 


(  JoN\  BNTION    OF   1860. 


Duncan. 

Dunkin, 

Dunovant,  A.  Q. 

Dunovant,  R. ( >•  M. 

Easley, 

Ellis, 

Evans, 

Fair, 

Finley, 

Forster, 

Poster, 

Frampton, 

Gadberry, 

Garlington, 

Qeiger, 

( Hover, 

odwin, 
Gourdin,  R.  X. 
,  |-regg,  William 

Grisham, 

Eammond, 

Hanckel, 

Ilarllcc, 
Harrison, 
Hayne, 
I  [i  nderson, 

Honour. 

Elopki 
Hunter, 
Hutson, 
[nglis, 

am, 
Jackson, 
Jeffei '■■ 

.1.  nkins,  •'•  E. 
Jenkins,  John 
Johnson, 

Keitt, 

K  i  rahi 

Kinard, 

Landrum, 

Lawron, 
i  is, 

McCrady, 

M<  1 


McKee, 

McLeod, 

Magrath, 

Manning, 

MauMin, 

Mean-. 

Memminger, 

Middleton,  J.  Izard 

Middleton,  W\ 

Miles, 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

Lowell, 

O'Hear, 

Perrin, 

Pope, 
»  Porcher, 

Pressley, 

Quattlebaum, 

Rainey, 

Reed, 

Rhodes, 

Richardson,  F.  D. 

Richardson,  -I.  I*. 

Robinson, 

Rowell, 

Rutled§ 

Scott,  ' 

Seabrook,  E.  M. 

Seabrook,  <:.  W.,  Br. 

Sessions, 

Shingler,  •).  M. 

SiniMii<. 

Simpson, 
Smyly, 
Springs, 
Stokes, 

Sim-. 

Thompson,  !».    L 
Thomson,  ThomM 
Town  send, 
Wagner, 

Waiinainal 

Wardlaw,  1».  I.. 
dlaw,  F.  IF 


78  Joi  k\  \i.  of  tiii: 

Watte,  Wilson,  W.  B. 

Wier,  Withers. 

Whitner,  Woods, 

Williams,  Young. 
Wilson,  I.  1). 

So  the  motion  was  not  agreed  to. 

After  sundry  amendments,  the  Declaration  was  adopted, 
and  was  committed  to  the  Kn^Tossiii";  Committee. 

Mr.  D.  L.  Wardlaw,  from  the  Committee  on  the  Consti- 
tution of  the  State,  made  a  report,  and  reported  "an  Ordi- 
nance to  alter  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  South  Caro- 
lina, in  respeol  to  the  Executive  Department;"  which  was 
ordered  for  consideration  to-morrow,  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  I).  L.  Wardlaw,  from  the  Committee  on  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  State,  reported  an  Ordinance  to  alter  the 
Constitution  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  by  striking  out 
certain  words  in  sundry  places;  which  was  ordered  for  con- 
sideration to-morrow,  and  to  he  printed. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  E.  M.  Seabrook,  leave  of  absence  for 
a  few  days  was  granted  to  Mr.  Davant,  on  account  of  sick- 
ness. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Cheves,  business  was  suspended  at 
twenty-five  minutes  past  four  o'clock,  p.  M.,  until  seven 
o'clock,  P.  M. 


RECESS. 

When  tli''  Preflidenl  resumed  the  Chair, 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Dunkin,  an  Ordinance  to  make  pro- 
visional Postal  Arrangements  in  South  Carolina,  was  com- 
mitted to  the  Engrossing  Committee. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Dunkin,  the  Convention  went  into 
secret  session. 

13.  F.  ARTHUR, 

Clerk  of  the  ( bnvention. 


Convention  of  1860. 


79 


TUESDAY,  DECEMBER  25,  1860. 

At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  Rejourned,  the* 
President  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  John  J.  Wannamaker.  The  Clerk 
called  the  Roll,  and  the  following*  delegates  answered  to 
their  names: 


Messrs.  Allison, 
Atkinson, 
Ayer, 
Barron, 
Barton, 
Beaty, 
Bethea, 
Bellinger, 
Bobo, 
Bonneau, 
Brabham, 
Brown,  A.  II. 
Brown,  C.  P. 
Burnet, 
Cain, 
Calhoun, 
Caldwell, 
Cam, 
Carroll, 
Caughinan. 
Cautnen, 
Charles, 
Chesnut, 
Cln  ■ 
Clarke. 
Conner, 
Crawford, 
Curtis, 
I  targan, 
Davis, 

I  >e  Saussure, 
I'.  TrevUle, 
1  Duncan, 
Dunkin, 


Dunovant,  A.  Q. 

Dunovant,  P.  G.  M. 

Du  Pre, 

Ellis, 

Evans, 

Pair. 

Finley, 

Flud, 

Forster, 

Foster, 

Frampton, 

Furman, 

Gadberry, 

( larlington, 

Geiger, 

Cist. 

Glover, 

Goodwin. 

<  k)urdin,  H.  X. 
Gourdin,  T.  L. 
Gregg,  Maxcy 
Gregg,  William 

<  nisliam, 
Hammond, 
Hanckel, 
Harllee, 

I  [arrison, 
Hayne, 
Honour, 
I  [opkans, 
1  [unter, 
1  [utson, 
[nglis, 
Ingram, 


Ml 


Journal  of  tiii: 


Jackson, 
Jefferies, 

Jenkins,  John 
Jenkins,  J.  EL 
Johnson, 
Kershaw, 
Kilgore, 

Kinard, 

Kinsler, 

Landrnm, 

Lawton, 

Lewis, 
Logan, 
Lyles, 

M<   l\el\ 

McKee, 

McLeod, 

Manigault, 

Manning, 

Mauldin, 

Maxwell, 

Mazyck, 

Means. 

Memminger, 

Middleton,  J.  Izanl 

Middleton,  W. 

Miles, 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

Noble, 

No  well, 

nil  car, 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Porcher, 

Pressley, 

Quattlebauin, 

Rainey, 

Reed, 

Rhett, 


Rhodes, 

Richardson,  P.  D. 
Richardson,  J.  P. 
Robinson, 
Rowell, 
Rutledge, 
Scott) 

Seabrook,  E.  M. 
Seabrook,  <l.    W.. 
Sessions, 
Shingler,  J.  M. 
Simons, 
Simpspn, 

Sinvly, 

Smith, 
Snowden, 

Spain, 

Spratt, 

Springs, 

Stokes, 

Sims, 

Thompson,  R.  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 

Timmons, 

Tompkins, 

Townsend, 

Wagner, 

Wannamaker, 

Wardlaw,  D.  L. 

Wardlaw,  F.  II. 

Watts, 

Wier, 

Whitner, 

Williams, 

Wilson,  I.  D. 

Wilson,  J.  11. 

Wilson,  W.B. 

Withers, 

Woods, 

Young. 


Sr., 


The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  read. 
Mr.   Withers  presented  the  report  of  the  Committee  on 
Relations  with  the  Slaveholding  States  of  North  America, 


Convention  of  1860.  81 

on  the  various  resolutions  referred  to  them  ;  which,  on 
motion  of  Mr.  Smith,  was  made  the  special  order  of  the 
day  for  to-morrow,  at  one  o'clock,  P.  m.,  ami  wits  ordered 
to  be  printed. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  F.  II.  Wanllaw,  leave  of  absence  from 
and  after  to-morrow,  until  Monday  next,  was  granted  to 
Mr.  William  Gregg,  on  account  of  important  business. 

The  President  presented  t<>  the  Convention  the  following 
communication,  which  was  ordered  to  be  entered  on  the 
Journal  and  to  be  printed  : 

Charleston,  December  24,  1860. 

To  (he  President  and  Delegates  of  (he  Convention 

of  (he  Independent  State  of  South  Carolina: 

Gentlemen  :  I  have  this  moment  been  informed  that  you 
did  me  the  honor,  by  Resolution,  to  invite  me  to  a  seat  on 
the  floor  of  the  Convention.  I  am  wanting  in  Language, 
gentlemen,  adequately  to  express  the  feelings  this  very  un- 
expected courtesy  at  your  hands  has  given  rise  to.  In  the 
whole  course  of  life,  now  nearing  half  a  century— a  life  not 
entirely  devoid  of  incidents  calculated  to  inspire  a  Laudable 
manly  pride — I  have  never  felt  so  honored  as  in  being 
privileged  to  a  .-cat  among  those  who,  smarting  under 
wrongs  inflicted  by  the  bands  of  a  perverted  government, 
have,  with  an  unanimity  and  firmness  unparalleled,  broken 
the  link  of  union  with  faithless  confederates,  and  are  en- 
gaged in  the  high,  laudable,  (may  1  m>t  saj  |  holy  purpose 
of  improvising  a  governmenl  which  shall  "  confer  the 
greatest  Liberty  consistent  with  the  rights,  liberty  and  hap- 
piness of  the  governed."  1  may  say  to  you,  without 
subjecting  myself  to  the  charge  of  treason,  that  I  approve 
of  every  act  of  your  Convention,  in  so  far  as  known  to  me, 

in  every  particular,     four  Ordinance  Is  in  g 1  taste,  to 

tin-  point,  and  covers  the  whole  ground. 

Permit  me  to  assure  you,  gentlemen,  that  gallant  Little 
Florida  will  be  the  next  t<>  follow  your  wise  and  patriotic 
lend.  Upon  the  meeting  of  the  Convention,  Florida  will, 
6 


k'J  Journal  of  tiii: 

as  certainly  as  any  thing  in  the  future  can  be  certain,  wheel 
immediately  into  Line  with  the  gallant  old  Palmetto.  We 
are  identified  with  yon  in  interest,  in  feeling,  in  determina- 
tion not  to  submit  to  Black  Republican  rule,  and  a  com- 
mon destiny  must  be  ours. 

I  regret  exceedingly  that  urgent  official  duties,  which  I 
may  not.  in  prudence,  postpone,  will  deprive  me  of  the 
pleasure  of  availing  myself  Of  your  kindly  courtesy. 

With  a  tender  of  my  sincere  thanks,  for  the  honor  con- 
ferred, I  am,  gentlemen, 

Very  respect  fully. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

M.  S.  PERRY. 

The  President  announced  the  following  Committee  on 
Accounts : 

Messrs.  T.  Thomson, 
R.  T.  Allison, 
D.  R.  Barton, 
J.  J.  Brabham, 
A.  J.  Hammond. 

Mr.  De  Sanssure  presented  the  account  of  P.  B.  Glass, 
for  stationery  furnished  to  the  Convention  during  its  session 
in  Columbia;  which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Accounts. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  De  Saussurc,  the  account  of  E.  U. 
Stokes  was  taken  up,  and  was  referred  to  the  Committee 
on  Accounts. 

Mr.  Perrin  offered  the  following  Resolution,  which,  on 
motion  of  Mr.  Rhett,  was  ordered  to  lie  on  the  table: 

Resolved,  That  this  Convention  take  a  recess  from  and 
after  four  o'clock,  Wednesday,  the  26th  inst.,  until  twelve 
o'clock,  m.,  Wednesday,  the  10th  day  of  January  next,  unless 
called  together  at  an  earlier  day  by  the  President. 

Mr.  Manigault  offered  the  following  resolution,  which,  on 


Convention  of  1860.  83 

motion  of  Mr.  Manigault,  was  ordered  to  lie  on  the  table 
for  the  present : 

Resolved,  That  this  Convention  hereby  instruct  the  Gov- 
ernor to  make,  forthwith,  all  the  preparations  which  may 
be  needed  for  asserting,  by  force,  the  rights  and  jurisdiction 
of  South  Carolina  within  its  territories. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Simons,  it  was 

Ordered,  That  the  Engrossing  Committee  be  authorized 
to  employ  two  Clerks. 

Mr.  Finley  offered  the  following  Resolution,  which  was 
considered  immediately,  and  was  agreed  to  : 

Resolved,  That  copies  of  the  "  Ordinance  of  Secession,' 

adopted  by  this  Convention,  and  of  the  "Declaration  of 
the  immediate  causes  which  induce  and  justify  the  Seces- 
sion of  South  Carolina  from  the  Federal  Union,"  and  of 
"The  Address  of  the  People  of  South  Carolina  assembled 
in  Convention  to  the  People  of  the  Slaveholding  Slates  of 
the  United  States,'"  be  transmitted  by  the  Governor  of  this 
State  to  the  Governors  of  the  Slaveholding  States  of  the 
United  States,"  for  the  information  of  their  respective  Legis- 
latures or  Conventions,  where  Conventions  ol  the  People 
have  been  called  in  any  of  the  said  Slaveholding  States. 

On    motion    of  Mr.   Dunkin,  the    Convention   went    into 
•  n. 

B.  V.  ARTHUR, 

( lerk  of  the  Convention. 


84 


Journal  of  the 


WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  26,  1860. 

At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
President  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  J.  II.  Honour. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegates 

answered  to  their  names  ; 


Messrs.    Allison. 
Appleby, 

Atkinson, 

Barron, 

Barton, 

Beaty, 

Bethea, 

Bellinger, 

Bobo, 

Bonneau, 

Brabham, 

Brown,  A.  H. 

Brown,  C.  P. 

Burnet, 

Cain, 

Calhoun, 

Caldwell, 

Campbell, 

Cam, 

Carroll, 

Caughmao, 

Cauthen, 

Charles, 

Chesnut, 

Cheves, 

Clarke, 

Conner, 

Craw  lord, 

Curtis, 

Dargan, 

Davis, 

De  Treville, 

Dozier, 

Duncan, 

Dunkin, 


Dnnovant,    1\.  Qr.  M. 

I),.  Pre, 

Kasley, 

Ellis, 

Evans, 

Fair. 

Finl.'V, 

Find; 

Forster, 

Foster, 

Frampton, 

Furman, 

GadluiTV, 

Garlington, 

Geiger, 

Gist, 

Glover, 

Goodwin, 

Gourdin,  R.  N. 

Countin,  T.  L. 

Gregg,  Maxcy 

Grisnam, 

Hammond, 

Hanckel, 

11  art  lee, 

Harrison, 

llayne, 

Henderson, 

Honour, 

Hopkins, 

Hunter, 

Hutson, 

Inglis, 

Ingram, 

Jackson, 


Convention  of  1860. 


Jefferies, 

Jenkins,  John 

Jenkins,  J.  E. 

Johnson, 

Kershaw, 

Eilgore, 

Kinard, 

KinBler, 

Landrum, 

Law  ton, 

Lewis, 

Logan, 

Lvlcs, 

MoCrady, 

Mclver, 

McKee, 

McLeod, 

Magrath, 

Mauldin, 

Maxwell, 

Mayes. 

Mazvck. 

Means. 

Memminger, 

Middleton,  J.  Izard 

Middleton,  W. 

Mil 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

Noble, 

Nowell, 

O'Hear, 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Porcher, 

Pressley, 

Quattlebaum, 

Rainey, 

Reed, 

Rhett, 


Rhodes, 
Richardson,  F.  D. 

Richardson,  J.  P. 

Robinson, 

Rowell, 

Rutledge, 

Scott. 

Beabrook,  E.  M. 

Seahrook,  G.  W.,  Sr. 

Sessions, 

Shinsrlcr,  J.  M. 

Shinglcr,  W.  P. 

Simons, 

Simpson, 

Smyly, 

Smith, 

Snowdcn, 

Spain, 

Spratt, 

Springs, 

Stokes, 

Thompson,  R.  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 

Timmons, 

Tompkins, 

Townsend, 

Wagner, 

Wannamaker, 

Wardlaw.  1).  L. 

Wardlaw.  F.  II. 

Walts, 

Wi.T. 
WllitlKT, 

Willi;!! 

Wilson,  I.  I>. 
Wilson,  J.  II. 
Wilson,  W.  B. 
Withers, 
W   oda, 
Young. 


The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  raid. 
Mr.  Spain  offered  the  following  resolution,  which,  on 
motion  of  Mr.  Englis,  was  ordered  to  lie  on  the  table: 


86  Joi  r.x  LI  01  Tin: 

/,'  wived,  Thai  the  Governor  1"'  requested  to  communi- 
cate  to  thia  Convention,  in  Becrel  session,  any  information 
In-  may  possess  in  reference  to  the  condition  of  Forte 
Moultrie  and  Sumter,  and  Castle  Pinckney;  the  number  of 
guns  mounted  and  ready  for  service  in  each;  the  number 
of  workmen  employed  in  each,  and  in  what  kind  of  labor; 
the  number  of  soldiers,  sailors  and  marines  in  each,  and 
what  addition  (if  any)  has  been  made  thereto  since  the 20th 
inst 

Also,  whether  he  has  any  assurance  thai  said  Forts  and 
Castle  shall  nut  be  reinforced;  and  it'  so,  From  what  source 
these  assurances  emanated,  and  what  limil  as  to  time  and 

Circumstance  is  attached  thereto. 

Also,  what  police  or  other  regulations  (if  any)  he  has 
made  in  relation  to  the  harbor  of  Charleston  and  the  coast 
of  the  State. 

Mr.  Gist  offered  the  following  resolution,  which  was  con- 
sidered immediately,  and  was  agreed  to: 

Resolved,  That  lion.  J.  W.  Garrott,  a  Commissioner  from 
the  State  of  Alabama  to  the  State  of  North  Carolina,  be 
invited  to  a  seat  on  the  floor  of  the  Convention. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Mclver,  leave  of  absence, on  and  after 
this  day,  until  and  inclusive  of  Monday  next,  was  --ranted 
to  Mr.  [nglis,  on  account  of  important  business. 

Mr.  A.  II.  Brown  offered  the  following  resolution,  which 
was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  the  Constitution  of  the 
State,  and  was  ordered  to  be  printed: 

Resolved,  That  all  citizens  of  the  United  States,  domi- 
ciled within  this  State  at  the  adoption  o\'  the  Ordinance  of 
Secession,  to  wit :  the  20th  December,  1860,  be,  and  the 
same  are  hereby,  declared  citizens  of  South  Carolina,  enti- 
tled to  all  the  privileges  and  subject  to  all  the  liabilities 
incident  thereto. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Fair,  leave  of  absence  from  and  after 


Convention  of  1860.  87 

this  day,  until  "Wednesday  next,  was  granted   to  Mr.  Wil- 
liams, on  account  of  sickness  in  Lis  family. 

Mr.  Kinard  offered  the  following  resolution,  which,  on 
motion  of  Mr.  Lyles,  was  ordered  to  lie  on  the  table: 

Resolved,  That  this  Convention  lake  a  recess  from  and 
after  four  o'clock,  Friday,  the  25th  inst.,  until  two  o'clock, 
p.  m.,  Friday,  the  18th  day  of  January  next,  unless  called 
together  at  an  earlier  day  by  the  President. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  I>.  L.  Wardlaw,  the  Convention  pro- 
ceeded to  the  consideration  of 

An  Ordinance  to  amend  llie  Constitution  n\'  the  State  of 
South  Carolina  in  respect  to  the  Executive  Department, 
(reported  by  the  Committee  on  the  Constitution  of  the 
State:)  and. 

An  Ordinance  to  alter  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of 
South  Carolina,  by  striking  out  certain  words  in  sundry 
places,  (reported  by  the  Committee  on  the  Constitution  of 
the  Slate:) 

And.  on  motion  of  Mr.  1  >.  L.  Wardlaw,  the  Ordinances 
were  made  the  special  order  of  the  day  for  this  day.  to  be 
taken  up  as  soon  aa  the  business  now  under  consideration 
should  have  been  disposed  of. 

M. r.  Illicit  presented  an  Ordinance  recommending  and 
providing  for  a  Convention  of  the  Slaveholding  States  of 
the  United  State-,  to  form  the  Constitution  of  a  Southern 
Confederacy;  which,  on   motion   of  Mr.  Hhett,  was  made 

the  special  order  of  the  day  for  this  day.  at  one  o'clock,  P.  M., 

in  connection  with  the  Reporl   of  the  Committee  on  Rela- 
tions with  the  Slaveholding  Stat<  -  of  North  America  ;  and 

wa-  ordered  to  be  printed. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  I>unkin,  the  Convention  went  into 

teen  t  .-.-Hon. 

B.  !■'.  Airrmi;. 

('/> /•/,  of  thi  I 


i:\  LI  0*  Tin: 


THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  27,  I86fc 

At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
President  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  1>.  P.  Robinson. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegates 
answered  to  their  names  : 


Messrs.  Allison, 
Appleby, 
Atkinson, 
Barron, 
Barton, 
Beaty, 
Bellinger, 
Bobo, 
Bonnean, 
Brown,  A.  II. 
Burnet, 
Calhoun, 
Caldwell, 
Campbell, 
Cam. 
Caiiuliiuai), 

Cauthen, 

Charles, 

Chesnut, 

ClieYes, 

Clarke, 
( Jrawford, 
Dargan, 

Davanf, 
I  >avis, 

DeTreville, 

I  Minran, 

Dnnkin, 

Easley, 

Ellis, 

English, 

Evans, 

Fair, 

Find, 

Foster, 


Frampton, 
Furman, 
( ladberry, 
( Darlington, 
( teiger, 
Gist, 
( Hover, 

(  mmmIu  in. 

Gkmrdin,  R.  N. 

( fourdin,  T.  L. 

( Iregg,  Nfaxcy 

( I  risnam, 

Hammond, 

Hanckel, 

Harllee, 

Harrison, 

Hayne, 

I  Lenderson, 

Honour. 

I  [opkins, 

Hunter. 

Eutson, 

Jackson, 

Jefferies, 

Jenkins,  John 

Jenkins,  J.  E. 

Johnson, 

Kershaw, 

Kilgore, 

Finard, 
Kinsler, 
Landrum, 
Lawton, 

Lewis, 
Logan, 


COHTBNTION    OF   1860. 


s<« 


Lyli 

Mclver, 

McKee, 

McLeod, 

Mauldin, 

Maxwell, 

Mayes, 

Means, 

Memminger, 

Mzddletott,  .1.  Izard 

Mi.ldlcton.  \V. 

Mil 

Moore, 

M<  mrnian, 

Noble, 

Nbwell, 

Oil. Mr. 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Porcher, 

Pressley, 

Quattlebaum, 

Etainey, 

Reed, 

Richardson,  .1.  I'. 

Robinson* 

Rowell, 

Rutledge, 


Scott, 

Sessions, 

Shingler,  -I.  M. 

Shingle*,  W.  I\ 

Simons, 

Simpson, 

Smyly, 

Smith, 

Snowden, 

Spain, 

Spratt, 

Springs, 

Stokes, 

Tlnniijison,  R.  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 

TirniiKuis, 

Tompkins, 

Wagner, 

Waiiiiainaker, 

Wardlaw,  D.  L. 

Ward  law,  F.  II. 

Watts, 

Wier, 

Wilson,  I.  I). 

Wilson,  .1.  IT. 

Wilson,  W.  B. 

With  ira, 

Woodsy 

Young. 


The    Journal    of    yesterday's    proceedings    was    read. 
Whereupon,  the  Contention  went  into  secret  session. 

B.  F.  ARTHUR, 

Cfork  of  thi  < btwemtion. 


FRIDAY,  DECEMBEB  28,  I860. 

At  the  hour  t"  which  the  <  invention  was  adjourned,  the 
I '  lent  took  ill''  <  hair.  ;iu<l  the  proceedings  ware  opened 
with  prayer  by  fter.  B,  F.  Mauldin. 


Journal  oi  thb 


The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  deleg 
answered  to  their  nai 


Messrs.  Allison, 

Furman, 

A-ppleby, 

1  h  dberry, 

Atkinson, 

( Darlington, 

Barron, 

Qeiger, 

Barton, 

<  Hover, 

I'.    ;,lv. 

Goodwin, 

r,  thea, 

Gtourdin,  R.  N. 

1 '..  Llinger, 

Gourdin,  T.  L. 

Bulio. 

Gregg,  bfaxoy 
( Irisnam, 

Bonnean, 

Brabham, 

1  [ammond, 

Brown,  A.  H. 

I  [anckel, 

Brown,  C.  1\ 

Earllee, 

Calhoun, 

1  [arrison, 

Caldwell, 

Bayne, 

Campbell, 

I  [enderson, 

Cam, 

1  [onour, 

Carroll, 

1  [opkdns, 

( laughman, 

Hunter, 

( lautuen, 

Sutson, 

Charles, 

Jackson, 

Chesnut, 

Jefieries, 

Cheves, 

Jenkins.  John 

Chirk.'. 

Jenkins,  J.  E. 

Crawford, 

Johnson, 

Curtis, 

K.  in. 

1  targan, 

Kershaw, 

I  );i\ anl, 

Kilgore, 

I  ►avis, 

Kinard, 

I  Duncan, 

Kinsler, 

Dunkin, 

Landrum, 

Dunovant,  R.  G.  M. 

Lawton, 

D.i  Pre, 

Lewis, 

Easley, 

Logan, 

Ellis, 

Lvles, 

English, 

Nlclver, 

Evans, 

McKee, 

Fair, 

tfoLeod, 

Finley, 

Magrath, 

Flud, 

Mauldin, 

Poster, 

Mawv.ll. 

Frampton, 

Mayes, 

CONVKXTlnN    OF    18G0. 


01 


Mazyck, 

Means, 

Memminger, 

Middleton,  J.  Izard 

Middleton,  W. 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

Noble, 

Howell, 

O'Hear, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Porchor, 

Pressley, 

Quattlebaum, 

Rainey, 

Reed. 

Rhett, 

Rhodes, 

Richardson,  F.  J). 

Richardson,  J.  P. 

Robinson, 

Rowell, 

Rutledge, 

Scott, 


Seabrook,  Gh  W.,Sr. 

Sessions, 

Shingler,  W.  P. 

Simons, 

Simpson, 

Smith, 

Snowden, 

Spain, 

Springs, 

Stokes, 

Thompson,  R.  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 

Timmons, 

Tompkins, 

Wagner, 

Wannamaker, 

Wardlaw,  D.  L. 

Watts, 

Wicr, 

Wilson,  LP. 
Wilson,  J.  Jl. 
Wilson,  W.  B. 
Withers, 
Woods, 
Young. 


The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  read. 

Mr.  A.  T.  Darby,  delegate  from  St  Matthew's,  appeared 
at  the  Clerk's  desk,  produced  his  credentials,  signed  the 
Roll,  and  took  his  seat. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Glover,  i1  was 

H  olved,  Thai  Mr.  A.  T.  Darby  hare  leave  to  sign  the 
<  Ordinance  of  Secession. 

The  President  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following 
communication,  which  was  ;  to  1"'  entered  on  the 

Journal  and  to  be  printed : 

/',,  /<     H  /'     ident  and  M  tk 

\f  th<  bidepi  nd*  a/  St* 
GmrthEUVH  i  I  am  to-night  informed,  that  ■  resolution 
wai  this  day  adopted,  inviting  me  b  on  the  floor  of 


9Q  Jours \i.  01  thi 

your  Convention*  For  the  compliment  thua  paid  my  State, 
in  my  person,  please  accepl  my  grateful  acknowledgments. 
T  regrel  thai  engagements  elsewhere  imperatively  forbid 
the  enjoymenl  of  you*  proffered  courtesy. 

Intelligence  received  to-night  makes  "assurance  doubly 
sure,"  thai  Alal>ain:i  stands  by  ilu'  Bide  of  South  Carolina, 
prepared  to  share  with  her  a  common  destiny. 

Information,  obtained  on  diligenl  inquiry  in  the  last  few 
days,  justifies  me  id  Baying,  thai  the  gallanl  sons  ox  North 
Carolina,  and  Virginia,  arc  now  ready  to  rally  around  the 
Btandard  of  Southern  Rights  and  Eonor,  which  you  have 
so  gloriously  reared  ;  and  thai  those  two  States  will  also  be 
members,  in  all  probability,  of  the  Great  Southern  Confed- 
eracy by  the  4th  of  next  March.  The  other  Slave  States 
must,  sooner  or  later,  take  the  same  course,  or  he  involved 
in  inevitable  ruin.  To  the  hold,  deliberate,  and  decisive 
action  of  your  body,  are  the  people  of  the  South  indebted 
for  the  gr^at  movement  which  must  end  in  the  vindication 
of  their  rightsj  and  the  future  historian  musl  award  to 
South  Carolina  the  honor  of  leadership  in  carrying  "nt  the 
measures  destined  to  release  them  from  the  wrongs  and 
oppressions  under  which  they  have  so  long  and  so  patiently 
Buffered. 

"With  sentiments  of  profound  consideration,  I  am, 
Most  respectful  Iv, 

J.  W.  GARROTT. 

Charleston,  December  20,  1860. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Magrath,  leave  of  absence  was  granted 
to  Mr.  Conner,  on  account  of  siekness. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Carroll,  leave  of  absence  was  granted 
to  Mr.  Hammond,  on  account  of  indisposition. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Atkinson,  leave  of  absence  was  grant- 
ed to  Mr.  Forster,  on  account  of  illness  in  his  family. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Reed,  leave  of  absence  was  granted  to 
Mr.  Manldin.  on  account  of  illness  in  his  family. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  W.  1*.  Shinglet,  leave  of  absence  was 
granted  to  Mr.  J.  M.  Shinglcr,  on  account  of  indisposition. 


Convention  of  1860.  08 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Rhett,  the  Convention  proceeded  to 
the  consideration  of  an 

Ordinance,  Recommending  and  providing  for  a  Conven- 
tion of  the  Blaveholding  States  of  the  United  States,  to 
form  the  Constitution  of  the  Southern  Confederacy;  and 

The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Relations  with  the 
Blaveholding  States  of  North  America; 

And,  pending  the  consideration  thereof, 

On  motion  of  Mr.  I).  L.  Wardlaw,  the  Convention  wenl 
into  secret  session. 

B.  F.  ARTHUR, 

Clerk  of  the  Convention. 


SATURDAY,  DECEMBER  29,  1860. 

At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
President  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  D.  C.  Appleby. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegates 
answered  to  their  names: 

Messrs.  Allison,  Cam, 

Appleby,  Caitoll, 

Atkinson,  Canehman, 

Barron,  Cautnen, 

ton,  Charles, 

Beaty,  Chesnut, 

Bethea,  Cheves, 

Bellinger,  Clarke, 

Bonneau,  Crawford. 

Brabham,  Darby, 

B       •  .   LE  Dargan, 

B         .  <     r.  Davant, 

I     in.  Davfe, 

Im-uii.  DeSauflfUBe, 

•    Jdwell,  iMmkin, 

<  Jampbell,  Du  Pro, 


'.'4 


Journal  op  thh 


EasL 

Ellis, 

English, 

Evans, 

Fair, 

Flud, 

Foster, 

Frampton, 

Furman, 

( ladberry, 

( Darlington, 

( leiger, 

Gist, 

Glover, 

Goodwin, 

Gourdin,  R.  N. 

Gourdin,  T.  L. 

Gregg,  Maxcy 

Grisham, 

Hanckel, 

Earllee, 

Harrison, 

I  layne, 

I  [enderson, 

Honour, 

Hunter, 

Eutson, 

Jackson, 

Jefferies, 

Jenkins,  John 

Jenkins,  J.  E. 

Johnson, 

Kershaw, 

Kilgore, 

Kinard, 

Kinsler, 

Landrum, 

Lawton, 

Logan, 

MrCrady, 

Mclver, 

McKee, 

McLeod, 

Maxwell, 

Mayes, 


Mazyok, 

Memminger, 

Middleton,  J,  Izard 

Middleton,  W. 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

Noble, 

Nowcll, 

< »  I  [ear, 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Porcher, 

Pressley, 

Qnattlebanm, 

Rainey, 

Reed,     . 

Uhett, 

Rhodes, 

Richardson,  F.  D. 

Robinson, 

lid  well, 

Seott, 

Seabrook,  ( i.  \Y\,  Sr, 

Sessions, 

Shinier,  -I.  M. 

Shingler,  W.  P. 

Simons, 

Simpson, 

Smyly, 

Smith, 

Snowden, 

Spain, 

Spratt, 

Springs, 

Stokes. 

Thompson^  R.  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 
Timmons, 
Tompkins, 
W'aiiiiamaker, 
Wardlaw,  I),  L. 

Wardlaw,  F.  H. 

Watts, 

Wier, 


Convention  of  1860.  95 

Wilson,  T.  T).  Withers, 

Wilson,  J.  II.  Woods, 

Wilson,  W.  B.  roung. 

The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  read. 

The  President  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following 
communication;  which,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Dnnkin,  was 
ordered  to  lie  on  the  table: 

Collector's  Office,  Charleston,  B.  (\ 
December  28,  1860. 
Hon.  D.  F.  Jamtson, 

President  of  the  Convention: 
Sir  :  T  beg  Leave,  respectfully  to  inform  the  Convention, 
that,  in  obedience  to  the  Ordinance  passed  on  the  26th  inst, 
all  the  officers  attached  to  this  Custom  House,  entered 
yesterday  into  the  service  of  the  State,  and  that  I  then 
commenced  to  receive  duties  and  to  transact  all  other  busi- 
ness as  Collector  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina  for  the 
Port  and  District  of  Charleston. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Y(  ry  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

W.  F.  COLCOCK, 
Collector  of  $<>ulJ>,  Carolina,  for  the  Port  and 
District  of  <  fiarleston. 

Mr.  Dnnkin  offered  the  following  Resolution: 

B  •/'■<</.  That, until  otherwise  ordered,  the  Collectors  of 
the  Torts  in  the  State,  be  authorized  to  receive  payment  of 

duties  in  bills  of  the  Wanks  of  this  Slate 

And.  pending  the  consideration  thereof,  a  message  wa» 

received    iVoln    hi-    K\<  e|  ]e||ey,   the   (  i .  »\  .  Tl  |,i|'  ; 

When  upon,  tie'  Convention  went  into  in. 

I',.  V.  A  KTii  IK. 
'     7.  of  the  ( bnvi n' 


!».; 


Journal  op  the 


SIXDAY.  DECEMBER  30,  1860. 

At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
President  took  t lie  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  J.  ('.  Furman. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  Mid  the  following;  delegates 
answered  to  their  names: 


Messrs.    Allison, 

Atkinson, 

Ayer, 

Beaty, 

Betll'e;). 

Bellinger, 

Bonneau, 

Brahhain, 

Brown,  A.  II. 

Brown,  C.  P. 

Burnet, 

Calhoun, 

Caldwell, 

Campbell, 

( !arn, 

Carroll, 

Caughraan, 

Cautlien, 

Charles, 

Cliesnilt, 

Cheves, 

Clarke, 

( 'rawford, 

Darby, 

Davant, 

Davis, 

J)e  Saussure, 

DeTiwille, 

Duncan, 

Dunkin, 

Dii  Pre, 

Easley, 

Ellis, 

English, 

Evans, 


Fail-. 

Finley, 

Find." 

Foster, 

Frampton, 

Furman, 

( tadberry, 

Garlington, 

( teiger, 

Gist, 

Glover, 

Gourdin,  R.  N 

Gourdin.  T.  L 

Gregg,  Maxrv 

Grisham, 

I  Imickel, 

llarllee, 

Harrison, 

Hay  ne. 

1  [enderson, 

Honour, 

Hunter, 

I  hit  son, 

Jackson, 
Jefferies, 
Jenkins,  John 
Jenkins,  J.  E. 
Johnson, 

Kershaw, 

Kilgors$ 
Kinard, 
Kinsler, 
Landrum, 

Lewis, 
McCrady, 


Convention  of  1860. 


97 


Mclver, 

M<  Kee, 

Magratli, 

Maxwell. 

Mayes, 

Mazyck, 

Means, 

Memminger, 

Middleton,  J.  Izard 

Miles, 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

Noble, 

N  i  »well, 

O'Hear, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Porcher, 

Pressley, 

Quattlebaum, 

Rainey, 

Khctt, 

Rhodes, 

Richardson,  F.  I). 

Robinson, 

Rowell, 

Seal. look.   E.   M. 


Beabrook,  < •.  W.,  Br, 

Sessions. 

Shingler,  J.  M. 
Shingler,  W.  P. 

Simons. 

Simpson, 

Smyly, 

Smith, 

Snow  den, 

Spain, 

Spratt, 

Springs, 

Stokes, 

Thompson,  R.  A. 

Timmons, 

Tompkins, 

Townsend, 

Wardlaw,  P.  L. 

Wardlaw,  F.H. 

Watts, 

Wier, 

Wilson,  I.  D. 

Wilson,  J.  II. 

Wilson,  W.  B. 

Withers, 

Woods, 

Young. 


The  Journal  of  vest  en  lav's  proceedings  was  read. 
Tie-    following    communication   was    received   from   his 
Excellency  the  < tovernor: 


Executive  Ojtk  i  . 
Charleston,  Dec.  30,  1860. 

To  tfo   I  Gonv<  ntion  : 

\\\  an  Ordinance  of  your  body,  transmitted  to  me,  I  am 
required   to  nominate  immediately  lour  gentlemen, 
( louncil  of  Sint.'. 

I,  therefore,  herebj  nominate  to  the  Convention,  Got  I 
confirmation,  Eon.  David  F.  Jamison,  oi  Barnwell  Dial 
Hon.   A.  <;.    Magrath,  of  Charleston ;    Son.  C.  <*.  Mem- 


98 


Journal  or  mi: 


minger,  of  Charleston;    and  Hon.  A.  C.  Q-arlington,  of 
dewberry  District 

Respectful  lv, 

F.  W.   PICKENB. 

On  motioD  of  Mr.   U.  X.  Gourdin,  the  Convention  went 
into  secret  Bession. 

B.  F.  ARTHUR, 

Clerk  of  the  Convention. 


MONDAY,    DECEMBER   31,   1860. 

At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
President  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  T.  R.  English. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegates 
answered  to  their  names : 


Messrs.  Allison, 
Appleby, 
Atkinson, 
Barton, 
Beaty, 
Bethea, 
Bellinger, 
Bonneau, 
Brown,  A. 
Burnet, 
Cain, 
Calhoun, 
Caldwell, 
Campbell, 
Cam, 
Carroll, 
Caughman 
Cauthen, 
Charles, 
Chcsnut, 


II. 


Cheves, 

Clarke, 

Crawford, 

Darby, 

Davant, 

Davis, 

Dc  Saussure, 

Duncan, 

Dunkin, 

Dunovant,  A.  Q. 

Du  Pre, 

Easlcy, 

Ellis," 

English, 

Evans, 

Finley, 

Flud, 

Foster, 

Frampton, 

Furman, 


Convention  of  1860. 


99 


Gad  berry, 

Garlington, 

Gciger, 

Glover, 

Gourdin,  R.  N. 

Gourdin,  T.  L. 

Gregg,  Maxcy 

( Iregg,  William 

( hrisham, 

Eanckel, 

Ilarllce, 

I  [arrison, 

Ilayne, 

I  [enderson, 

Honour, 

Hunter, 

Hutson, 

Jackson, 

Jefferies, 

Jenkins,  John 

Jenkins,  J.  E. 

Johnson, 

Kershaw, 

Kilgore, 

Kinard, 

Kinsler, 

Landrum, 

Lawton, 

Lewis, 

Logan, 

Mclver, 

McKee, 

Maxwell, 

Mayes, 

Mazyck, 

Means, 

Memminger, 
Middleton,  J.  Izard 
Middleton,  W. 

Mil. 


Moore, 

Moorman, 

Noble, 

Nowell, 

O'Hear, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Porcher, 

Press!  ey, 

Quattlebaum, 

Rainey, 

Rhctt, 

Rhodes, 

Rowell, 

Rutledge, 

Scott, 

Sessions, 

Shingler,  J.  M. 

Shingler,  W.  P. 

Simpson, 

Smyly, 

Smith, 

Snowden, 

Spain, 

Spratt, 

Springs, 

Sims, 

Thompson,  R.  A 

Timmons, 

Tompkins. 

Wardlaw,  D.  L. 

Watts. 
Wier, 

Wilson,  L  D. 
Wilson,  J.  II. 
Wilson.  W.  B. 
Withers, 
Woods, 
young. 


The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  read. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Et.  N.  Gourdin,  the  Convention  wenl 
into  secret  session. 

B.  V.  ABTHUR, 

Clerk  of  tkt  Convent 


100 


Journal  of  tiii: 


TUESDAY,  JAXl-ARY  1.  1861. 


At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
President  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  D.  Du  Pre. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegates 
answered  to  their  names  : 


Messrs.  Allison, 
Appleby, 
Atkinson, 
Barron, 
Barton, 
Bcatv, 
Bethea, 
Bellinger, 
Bonncau, 
Brown,  A.  H. 
Brown,  C.  P. 
Burnet, 
Calhoun, 
Caldwell, 
Campbell, 
Cam, 
Carroll, 
Caughman, 
Cauthen, 
Charles, 
Cheves, 
Crawford, 
Darby. 
Davant, 
Davis, 

De  Saussure, 
Duncan, 
Dunkin, 
Du  Pre, 
Easley, 
Ellis, 
English, 
Evans, 
Finley, 
Flud, 


Foster, 

Frampton, 

Fiiiinan, 

Gadberrv, 

Garlington, 

Geiger, 

Gist, 

Glover, 

Gourdin,  R.  X. 

Gourdin,  T.  L. 

Gregg,  William 

Grishain, 

Hanckel, 

Ilarllee, 

Harrison, 

Henderson, 

J  lonour. 

Hunter, 

ITutson, 

Jefteries, 

Jenkins,  John 

Jenkins,  J.  E. 

Johnson, 

Kershaw, 

Kilgore, 

Kinard, 

Kinsler, 

Landrum, 

Lewis, 

Logan, 

Mclver, 

MeKee, 

McLeod, 

Maxwell, 

Mayes, 


Convention  of  1860. 


101 


Mazyck, 

Simons, 

Means, 

Smyly, 

Middleton,  J.  Izard 

Smith, 

Middleton,  W. 

Snowden, 

Mo  ore, 

Spain, 

Moorman, 

Spratt, 

Nowell, 

Springs, 

O'llear, 

Stokes, 

Parker, 

Sims. 

Perrin, 

Thompson,  R.  A, 

Pressley, 

Timmons, 

Quattlebaum, 

Tompkins, 

Rainey, 

Wagner, 

Rhodes, 

Wardlaw,  D.  L. 

Richardson,  F.  D. 

Wardlaw,  F.  II. 

Robinson, 

Wier, 

Ko  well, 

Wilson,  I.  D. 

Scott, 

Wilson,  J.  H. 

Seabrook,  G.  W., 

Sr. 

Wilson;  W.  B. 

Sessions, 

Withers, 

Shingler,  J.  M. 

Woods, 

Shingler,  W.  P. 

Young. 

The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  read,  and  the 
Convention  went  into  secret  session. 

P>.  F.  ARTHUR, 
Clerk  of  the  Convention 


WT.1>\T>I>AY.  JANUARY   2.  1861. 

V  the  hoar  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
President  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev,  J.  BE.  Honour. 

The  Clerk  railed  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegate* 
answered  to  their  nan 


102 


Joi  k n  \ i.  OB  Tin: 


\1'  asrs.    Allison, 
Appleby, 

Atkinson, 

Ayer, 

Barron, 

Barton, 

Beaty, 

Bethea, 

Bellinger, 

Bonneau, 

Brabham, 

Brown,  A.  H. 

Brown,  C.  P. 

BnriH't, 

Calhoun, 

Caldwell, 

Campbell, 

Cam, 

Carroll, 

Caughman, 

Cauthen, 

Chesnut 

Cheves, 

Clarke, 

Crawford, 

Darby, 

Dargan, 

Davis, 

De  Saussure, 

De  Treville, 

Demean, 

Dunkin, 

Du  Pre, 

Easley, 

Ellis, 

English, 

Evans, 

Fair, 

Finley, 

Find, 

Foster, 

Frampton, 

Furman, 

Garlington, 

Geiger, 


Glover, 

<  loodwin, 

Gourdin,  EL  K 

<  tregg,  Maxcy 

I  Iregff,  William 

Hanckel, 

Barrison, 

Eayne, 

1  [enderson, 

1  [on  our, 

Hunter, 

I T  ill  son, 

Jackson, 

Jefferies, 

Jenkins,  J.  E. 

Johnson, 

Kershaw, 

Kilgore, 

Kinard, 

Kinsler, 

Landrum, 

Lewis, 

Logan, 

Lyles, 

Mclver, 

McKee, 

McLeod, 

Maxwell, 

Mazyck, 

Means, 

Middleton,  J.  Izard 

Middlcton,  W. 

Moore, 

Xmvell, 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Porcher, 

Quattlebaum, 

Khett, 

Rhodes, 

Robinson, 

Kowell, 

Scott, 

Seabrook,  G.  W.,  Sr. 


Convention  of  1860.  103 

Shingler,  J.  M.  Tompkins, 

Shingler,  W.  P.  Townsend, 

.Simons,  Wannamaker, 

Simpson,  Wardlaw,  D.  L. 

Smyly,  Wardlaw,  F.  II. 

Smith,  Wier, 

Snowden,  Williams, 

Spain,  Wilson,  I.  D. 

Springs,  Wilson,  .1.  If. 

Stokes,  Wilson,  W.  B. 

Sims,  Withers, 

Thomson,  Thomas  Woods. 

Timmons,  Young. 

Tlie  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  road. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Pair,  leave  <>(  absence  was  granted  to 
Mr.  Moorman,  on  account  of  illness  in  liis  family. 

Mr.  A.  II.  Brown,  from  the  Committee  appointed  to 
count  the  ballots  cast  for  Commissioners  to  the  States  of 
Alabama,  Georgia,  Mississippi,  Louisiana,  Arkansas,  and 
Texas,  made  the  following  report:  That  for  Commissioner 
to  Alabama,  Mr.  A.  P.  Calhoun  received  98  votes:  scatter- 
ing, o2;  and  that  Mr.  A.  P.  Calhoun,  having  received  a. 
majority  of  the  ballot-  cast,  was  consequently  elected. 

That  b>r  Commissioner  to  the  State  of  Mississippi,  Mr. 
M.  L.  Bonham  received  102  votes:  scattering,  28 ;  and  that 
Mr.  Bonham,  having  received  a  majority  of  the  ballots  cast, 
was  consequently  elected : 

That  for  Commissioner  to  the  State  of  Louisiana,   Mr. 
John  L.  Manning  received  100  votes;  scattering,  30 ;   and 
that  Mr.  Manning,  having  received  ;i  majority  of  the  ballots 
.  was  consequently  elected  : 

Thai  for  Commissioner  to  the  State  of  Arkansas,   Mr. 
A.  C.  Spain  received   105  votes;    scattering,  25;   and  that 
Mr.  Spain,  having  received  a  majority  of  the  ballots  cast, 
«  onsequently  elect  d  ; 

That  tor  Commissioner  to  th<    State  of  Georgia,  no  one 
ha«l  received  a  majority  of  the  ballots  cast,  ami  thai  conse- 
quently  there  was  no  election :  and 
.That  t'"r  Commissioner  to  the  State  of  Texas,   no  one 


LM  Jottmtai.  o*  rm 

had  n iv.m]  i  majority  of  the  ballots  cast,  and  that  conse- 
quently there  was  do  election. 

Whereupon,  the  Presidenl  announced  thai  Mr.  A.  P. 
Calhoun  is  duly  elected  Commissioner  to  the  State  of  Ala- 
bama; Mr.  M.  L.  Bonham,  Commissioner  to  the  State  of 
Mississippi;  Mr.  John  L.  Manning,  Commissioner  to  the 
State  «»t'  Louisiana;  and  Mr.  A.  C.  Spain,  Commissioner  t.> 
the  State  i>\'  Arkansas. 

On  motion  <>('  Mr.  It.  X.  Gourdin,  the  Convention  went 
into  secret  session. 

15.  V.   ARTHUR, 

(  7,  rk  of  tiu  <  bnvention. 


THURSDAY,   JANUAliY  -">.   L861. 

At  tlio  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
President  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  William  Curtis. 

The  Clerk  called  the  ltoll,  and  the  following  delegates 
answered  to  their  names  : 

Messrs.  Allison,  Caughman, 

Applehy,  Charles, 

Atkinson,  Cheves, 

Barron,  Clarke. 

Barton,  Curtis, 

i;. .  Darby, 

Bethea,  Dargan, 

Bellinger,  Davis, 

Bobo,  De  Saussure, 

Bonneau,  De  Treville, 

r>fow  n,  A.  II.  Dunkin, 

Brown,  C..P,  DuPre, 

Cain.  Easley, 

Caldwell,  Ellis, 

Campbell,  English, 

Cam,  Evans, 


Conv  i:\timn   of  I860. 


105 


Fair, 

Finley, 

Flud, 

Forster, 

Foster, 

Frampton, 

Furman, 

Garlington, 

( leiger, 

Gist, 

Glover, 

<  Joodwin, 

Gourdin,  R.  N. 

Gourdin,  T.  L. 

(  Jr.  gg,   Maxcy 

Gr<  gg,  William 

Grisham, 

Hammond, 

Hanckel, 

Harllee, 

Harrison, 

Henderson, 

Honour, 

Hunter, 

Hutson, 

Jackson, 

Jefferies, 

Jenkins,  .John 

J<  nkins,  J.  E. 

Johnson, 

Kershaw, 

Kilgore, 

Kinard, 

Kinsler, 

Landrnm, 

Lewis, 

Lyl< 

Mclver, 

McB 

McLeod, 

Magrath, 

Maxwell, 

•  k . 
Means, 
Memminger, 
Middleton,  .!.  Leard 


Middleton,  W. 
Miles, 

Moore, 
Xowoll, 

O'Hear, 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

I  'orcher, 

Quattlebaum, 

Rainey, 

Reed, 

Rhett, 

Rhodes, 

Robinson, 

Rowell, 

Rutledge, 

Scott, 

Seabrook,  G.  W.,  Sr. 

Shingler,  J.  M. 

Bhingler,  W.  P". 

Simons, 

Sunpson, 

Smith, 

Snowden, 

Spain, 

Springs, 

Stol 

Sims, 

Thompson,  R.  A. 

Thomson,  Thomas 

Timmona, 

Tompkins, 

Townsend, 

Wagner, 

Wannamaker, 

Wardlaw,  D.  L. 

Wardlaw,  F.  II. 

Wier, 

William-. 
Wilson,  J.  II. 
Wilson,  W.  B. 

Willi,  i  -. 

Woods, 
Young. 


106  Journal  01   in 

The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  read. 
The  President  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following 
communication  : 

Charleston,  January  1,  1801. 
D.  V.  Jamison,  Esq., 

President  of  the  Convention  of  the  People 

of  South  ( urolina  : 
Sib  :  At  a  regular  Monthly  Meeting  of  the  St  Andrew's 
Society  of  Charleston,  held  lasl  evening,  On  motion,  it  -was 
unanimously  agreed,  thai  the  gratuitous  use  of  their  Hall 
be  granted  to  the  Convention  now  in  session. 
I  was  requested  to  communicate  the  same  to  you. 
I  remain,  Sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

ROBERT  MURE, 
President  of  Si.  Andrew's  Society  of  Charleston. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  "Withers,  the  thanks  of  the  Convention 
were  returned  to  the  St.  Andrew's  Society  tor  the  use  of 
their  Hall,  and  to  the  Charleston  Delegation  for  their  serv- 
ices in  making:  arrangements  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
( 'onvention. 

Mr.  A.  II.  Brown  offered  the  following  resolution,  which, 
on  motion  of  .Mr.  D.  L.  Wardlaw,  was  ordered  to  lie  on  the 
table  : 

Resolved,  That  all  citizens  of  the  United  States,  not  domi- 
ciled in  South  Carolina  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  the 
Ordinance  of  Secession,  bui  owning  real  estate  within  its 
limits,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  empowered  to  hold  and 
to  dispose  of  the  same  by  sal*1  or  otherwise,  without  hin- 
derance  or  molestation  by  this  Government, 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Sc.it.  leave  of  absence  was  granted  to 

Mr.  J.  E.  Jenkins,  on  account  of  illness  in  his  family. 
The  Convention  went  into  secrel  Bession. 

B.  P.   AUTHUR, 

Clerk  of  the  Convention . 


Convention  of  1860. 


107 


FRIDAY,  JANUARY  4,  1861. 

At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
President  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proceedings  were  opened 
with  prayer  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Wannamaker. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegates 
answered  to  their  names: 


Messrs.  Allison, 
Appleby, 
Atkinson, 
Barron, 
Barton, 
Beaty, 
Bellinger, 
Boho, 
Bonneau, 
Brown,  A.  11. 
Burnet, 
Calhoun, 
C -aid  well, 
Camphell, 
Cam, 
Carroll, 
Caughman, 
Chesnut, 
Che\ •<  s, 
Clarke, 
Curtis, 
Darby, 
1  targan, 

I  '.  ^18, 

He  S;m--ure, 

Duncan, 

I  Minkin, 

I>u  Pre, 

Ellis, 

English, 

as, 
Fair, 
Pinley, 
Find, 
Foi 


Foster, 

Furman, 

Garlington, 

Geiger, 

Glover, 

Goodwin, 

Gourdin,  R.  1ST. 

Gourdin,  T.  L. 

Grisham, 

Hanckel, 

Harllee, 

Harrison, 

Hayne, 

Henderson, 

Honour, 

Hopkins, 

Hunter, 

Hutson, 

[nglis, 

Jackson, 

JefFeries, 

Jenkins,  John 

Johnson, 

K   itt, 

Kershaw, 

Kilgore, 

Kinard, 

Ransler, 

Landrum, 

Lawton, 

M<  I 

McK 

McLeod, 

Maxwell, 


JOURN  \i.   <>l    •Mil: 

Mazyck,  Simpson, 

M'  ans,  8m\ lv. 

Hemming*  Smith, 

MiddletOQ,  J.   I/.anl  Spain. 

Middleton,  W.  Springs, 

Moore,  Stoki  -. 

Nowell,  Sim-. 

Palmer,  Thompson,  R.   \. 

I '    leer,  Thomson,  Thomas 

Perrin,  Timmons, 

1  '"relic!-.  Tompkins, 

Quattlebaum,  Wannamaker, 

Rainey,  Wardlaw,  1>.  I.. 

Reed,  Wardlaw,  F.  II. 

Iih.tr,  Wier, 

Rhodes,  Williams, 

Rutledj  Wilson,  I.  I'. 

8    >tt,  Wilson,  .1.  II. 

Seabrook,  E.  M.  Wilson,  W.  B. 

-  abrook,  <;.  W..  Sr.  Withers, 

Shingler,  -I.  M.  W Is, 

Shingler,  W.  I'.  5Toung. 

Simons. 

The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  read. 

The  Presidenl  announced  the  following  Committee  t<> 
call  together  the  Convention  in  the  event  of  the  death  or 
disqualification  of  tin-  President: 

Messrs.   B.  F.   I  Minkin, 

D.  L.  Wardlaw, 
I;.  W.  Barnwell, 
EL  I'..  Rhett, 

W.    W.    Ilaillcc. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Dunkin,  the  Convention  went  into 
seer  m. 

KFCESS. 

The  Presidenl  resumed  the  chair. 
Mr.  Cheves,  From  the  Committee  appointed  t"  counl  the 
ballots  casl  for  Delegates,  reported,  thai  Mi-.  R.  d.  Rheti 


Convention  of  1860.  109 

received  92  votes;  Mr.  EL  W".  I>armvell,  78  votes;  Mr.  C. 
<;.  Memminger,  66  votes;  Mr.  W*.  P.  Miles,  61  votes,  and 
Mr.  James  Chesnut,  Jr.,  <">*  votes. 

An.l  thai  Messrs.  ft.  B.  Rhett,  EL  W.  Barnwell,  C.  G. 
Memminger,  W.  1'.  Miles  and  James  Chesnut,  Jr.,  having 
received,  respectively,  a  majority  of  the  ballots  cast,  were 
consequently  elect"  d. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Chesnut,  the  Convention  proceeded  to 
a  second  ballol  for  Deputies. 

Mr.  Quattlebaum  presented  the  Reporl  of  the  Committee 
on  Printing,  on  a  Resolution  providing  for  having  photo- 
graphed, the  Ordinance  of  Secession;  which  was  ordered 
lor  consideration  to-morrow. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Chesnut,  the  Convention  went  into 
secret  session. 

B.  F.  ARTHUR. 

( terk  of  tfu  (  bnvention. 


SaTUBDAY,  January  5,  1861. 

At  the  hour  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
1 '      ident  took  the  Chair,  and  the  proc<  edinga  were  0] 
with  prayer  '•_•    Et  v.  •'.  M.  Timmons. 

The  Clerk  called  the  Roll,  and  the  following  delegates 
answered  to  their  nan 

Mi     ■  .  Allison,  B  mneau, 

A  j .  |  •  1  •  ibham, 

er,  Brown,  A.  II. 

B    'on.  Bi      ■  .  (  .  I'. 

ton,  net, 

it. 
1    ildwelL 
B<  l     i « j  .1  »«11, 

Bobo,  I   urn, 


110 


.!<.!  thi: 


( larroll, 

Canghman, 

Chesnut, 

Cli< 

Clarke, 

Curtis, 

Darean, 

^aussure, 
D(  Treville, 
Dunkin, 
Du  Pre, 
Kills. 
English, 
Evans, 

Fair. 

Fiuley, 

Flud, 

Forster, 

Foster, 

Furman, 

( Darlington, 

<  Jeiger, 

Gist, 

( toodwin, 

Gfourdin,  I  v.  N. 

Gtourdin,  T.  L. 

1  [anckel, 

Harllee, 

i  Larrison, 

I  [ayne, 

1  [enderson, 

I  [onour, 

Hopkins, 

Butsi  mi. 

I  II-  lis, 

I  Dgram, 
Jackson, 
Jefferies, 
Jenkins,  John 
Johnson, 
K.  in. 
Kershaw, 
K  i  I  ■_:  •  ire, 

Kinanl, 


Kiii-li-r. 

Lawton, 

L>  \ 

\1.  Cra.lv. 

M.|\  er, 
McKee, 
M.  iLeod, 

Mawwll. 

Ma/.v.k. 

Middleton,  J.  [zard 

Middleton,  W. 

Moore, 

Noble, 

Nowell, 

O'Hear, 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

renin, 

Quattlehanm, 

Kaim\ . 

Reed, 

Rowell, 

Rutledge, 

Bcott, 

Seabrook,  Gh  W.,  8r. 

Bhingler,  J.  M. 

Shingler,  W.  P. 

Simpson, 

Bmylv, 

Smith. 

Bnowden, 
Spain, 
Springs, 
Stokes, 

Sims, 

Thomson,  Thomas 
Timmons, 
Tompkins, 
T"\\  nsend, 
Wagner, 
Wardlaw,  l>.  L. 
Wardlaw,  B\  II. 
Wier, 

William-. 


Convention  of  I860.  Ill 

Wilson,  J.  II.  Woods, 

Wilson,  W.  B«  Young. 

Withers, 

The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  vend. 
The  President  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following 
despatch  : 

"  New  Orleans,  January  3,  1861. 
To  D.  F.Jamison,  President  of  tht  Convention: 

New  Orleans  fully  sympathizes  with  Charleston  in  the 
perils  to  which  she  is  exposed,  and  will  not  fail  to  supporl 
her  when  tie  >n  demands  action. 

JOHN"  T.   MCXKoi:.   Mayor:' 

The   President  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following 

« 

communication  : 

"January  2,  1861. 
Bon.  D.  P.Jamison,  president  of  the  Convention: 

Sib  :  Rev.  Henry  D.  Green,  a  member  of  the  <  'onvention, 
now  a1  home  on  leave  of  absence,  is  prevented  by  sickness 
from  resuming  at  presenl  his  seal  in  thai  body.  A-  hie 
aft*  nding  physician,  I  would  Bay  that  his  return  just  now 
would  be  highly  improper.  He  asks  that  the  Convention 
will  excuse  him  until  his  health  impr< 
V\  i\  i  ■  ap<  ctfully, 

ii.  i».  GREEK 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Spain,   Mr.  Green   wae  d,  in 

compliance  with  his  r<  qui 

Mr.   Huteon  presented  an  Ordinance  I  in  th<   i 

era!  Assembly  the  power  to  establish  Postal  Amu 
which  was  considered  immediately,  wi  d  to,  and  was 

ordered  to  be  signed  by  the  President  and  the  Clerk. 

(»n  motion  of  Mr.  Hutson,  the  Ordii  >mmitted 

to  the  E 

lv  n   offered  the  following  Resolution,  which  wan 
idered  immediately,  and  to: 


1 1  _'  Journal  of  i  Bi 

/;  Thai   do  officers  in  any  I  gular  or  vol- 

anteer,  raised  under  order  "t"  this  Convention,  shall,  by 
reason  of  anything  in  the  Constitution  of  the  State,  be  dis- 
qualified from  holding  a  seal  in  either  House  of  the  Gen- 
era] Assembly,  or  any  other  office  in  the  State  to  which  he 
has  been,  or  Bhall  be  appointed. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Quattlebaum,  Mr.  A.  Burt,  Commis- 
sioner i"   Mississippi,  and  Mr.   A.   P.  Calhoun,  Corns 
Bioner  to  Alabama,  were  invited  to  Beats  on  the  floor  of  the 
( Convention, 

Mr.  Curtis  offered  the  following  resolution,  which  was 
considered  immediately,  and  was  agreed  to: 

I:  olved,  Thai  our  Late  Commissioners  to  Washington 
be  requested  to  prepare  a  written  statement  of  the  oral 
communications,  to  this  body,  connected  with  their  recenl 
attempts  at  negotiation  with  the  Presidenl  of  the  LTnited 
states,  for  the  delivery  of  the  forts  and  other  State  prop- 
erty, and  that  Baid  documenl  be  deposited  with  the  Presi- 
denl of  this  body,  under  the  injunction  of  Becrecy,  until 
otherwise  ordered  by  this  body. 

Mr.  Quattlebaum,  from  the  Committee  on  Printing,  pre- 
sented ili''  following  report,  which  was  considered  immedi- 
ately, and  was  agreed  to : 

"That  1 1  m •  \  have  placed  in  the  hand-  of  the  Printers  of 
the  Conv<  ation,  the  corr<  spond<  ace  between  the  Commis- 
sioners Of  South  Carolina  and  the  Presidenl  "1'  the  hull'  d 
State-,  of  which  correspondence  five  thousand  copies  have 
been  ordered  to  be  printed  for  the  use  of  the  Convention. 
The  Committee  recommend  thai  each  member  of  the  Con- 
vention be  allowed  twenty  copies,  and  thai  the  balance  be 
distributed  under  the  direction  of  the  Committee." 

They  further  recommend,  thai  the  manuscript  be  re- 
turned by  the  printer  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Convention,  ai 
ible,  i"  be  transcribed  on  his  Journal,  and  then 
di  posited  in  the  Secretary  of  State's  office,  with  the  seven] 
Ordinances  of  this  Convention. 


Conyi;,\ti"\   OF  1860.  113 

Mr.  R.  N.  Gonrdin  offered  the  following  Resolution, 
which  was  considered  immediately,  and  was  agreed  to: 

S  lived,  Thai  the  table,  chair,  and  appurtenances  used 
in  Secession  Hall  on  1 1 1 < •  evening  <>f  the  20th  December, 
I860,  for  tin'  signature  of  the  Ordinance  of  Secession,  be 
deposited,  with  a  memorandum  of  the  same,  after  the  final 
adjournment  of  the  Convention,  in  the  I  ive  Library 

in  the  siatc  Bouse  in  ( Solumbia. 

Air.  Thomas  Thomson  offered  the  following  Resolution, 
which  was  considered  immediately,  and  was  agreed  to: 

/.'  !/■,,/.  Thai  the  Clerk,  Messenger,  Door-keeper,  ami 
Engrossing  clerks  of  this  Convention,  receive,  severally,  as 
compensation  for  their  services  to  this  day,  the  same  rale 
of  payment  in  proportion  to  the  time  they  have  served,  as 
is  allowed  the  same  officers  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives of  this  state;  and  the  Presidenl  of  the  Convention  in 
authorized  and  directed  to  issue  his  warrants  upon  the 
Treasury,  in  the  manner  already  directed,  for  paymenl  of 
said  officers. 

Mr.  Porcher  presented  the  accounts  of  J.  L.  Barnwell, 
of  F.  I..  Scouboe,  ami  of  1'.  Brady,  for  articles  furnished, 
ami  services  rendered,  to  the  Convention;  which  were  sev- 
erally  referred  t"  the  Committee  mi  A.ccoui 

(»n  motion  of  Mr.  I).  L.  Wardlaw,  it  v 

/,    olved,  That  our  late  Representative*  in  the  Con 
of  the  United  States,  have  Leave  i<>  print  the  paper,  which 
they  were,  b)    resolution  of  this  Convention,  requested  t'> 
prepare,  it',  in  their  opinion,  it  -hull  -v. 

On  motion  <>r  Mr.  Spain,  tl     i        ention  was  adjourned 

M. 


ALPHABETICAL   LIST 


OF    THE 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CONVENTION, 

December  17,  1860. 
W  "   •'     •  fast- Offices  and  Election  Districts. 


\\MK.  DISTRICT.  POST-OFH 

D.F.JAMISON,  p  -.    '  ...Barnwell Midway 

A  hams.  James  II Richland Gadsden. 

Axlison,  H.  T York Ifeek's  Hill 

Appleby,  D.  C St.  <  .   Dorchester... Bran ch ville 

Atkp  I Winyaw Georgetown 

Aykh.  L.  M Barnwell Buford'a  Bridge 

MM.   I:   W St.  Selena Beaufort 

Ba&KON,  A  .  I York- York  ville 

Barton.   I'    I.'  <  Grange Branchville 

T.  W Horry Conwayboro 

BkTHKA,    A     W .Marion Little 

Bkllinoer,  B  81   P St.  Bartholomew's Walterboro 

3    Spartanburg Spartanbui  -(     II 

i  \i  .  P.  P Chrial  Churoli Haddrell'a 

Brabham,  .'   J....  rnwell Buford 

BftOWH,  A.  II St.  Aii'lr-  w'a Chai 

Brown.   <  '.  I' I 

Buchanan,  J..  Pa  rfield Wionaboro1 

■it,  A    W  St    P    lip  and  Sf   lfiohael...Chai 

W St.  John's,  Berkley BUm  I 

Oalhoun,  John  A.  Abbeville.  .  A 1 .1  »<x  1 1 ; 


11C  I  :     MiMiMT.s. 

<\\i  dwell,  Joseph Cowberry Mount  Bethel. 

Cami  si  ll,  William   H..  .Greenville Greenville  C.  11 

Caen,  M.  B St.  Bartholomew's Walterboro', 

(  \r.ii-ii.  James  II Spartanburg Spartanburg  C.  II. 

Carroll,  J.  P Edgefield Viken 

Cavohman,  II.  I Lexington Lexington  •'.  II. 

Cai  i  in  \.  W.  < ' Lancaster Banging  Rock. 

Charles,  K.  W Darlington Darlington  C.  II 

Chesni  d,  James,  Jr rlersHaw Camden. 

«'in:\  is.  Langdon St.  Peter's Savannah,  Ga. 

Clarke,  B.  M St.  Andrew's Charleston. 

UN]  ft,  II.  W St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charleston. 

1    U.WFORD,  R.  L Lancaster Lancaster  C.  II. 

Ci  B.TI8,  William Spartanburg Limestone  Spri 

Darby,  A.T St.  Mathew's Fori  Motte. 

Daroan,  J.  A Darlington Darlington  C.  EC. 

Davant,  I!.  .1 St.  Luke's Gillisonville. 

Davis,  1 1-  ( ' Fairfield Ridges 

!>;.  Sa]  bsi  re,  \V.  F Richland Columbia. 

De  Trevills,  R St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charleston. 

Dozier,  A.  \V , Williamsburg rohnsonviile. 

Duncan,  Perry  I-] Greenville Greenville  C.  EI. 

Dun  kin.  B..F Winyaw Charleston. 

hi  novant,  A.  Q ( 'heater Chestorville. 

Di  so\  \nt.  R.  G.  M Edgefield Edgefield  C.  II. 

hi   Pre,  h St.  James',  Santee..South  Santee  Ferry. 

ii  v.  W.  K Greenville Greenville  C.  II 

Ellis,  W.  .1 Horry Conwayboro*. 

Bnqli8h,  T.  R Sumter fifayesville. 

EVANS,  C.  h Marion Marion  C.  II. 

Fair,  Simeon Newberry Newberry  C.  11 

Finley,  W.  P Barnwell Uken. 

Fli  i».  Daniel St.  George's,  Dorchester... Summerville. 

Forsi  br,  A .  M Winyaw Georgetown. 

Foster,  B.  B Spartanburg Glenn  Sprin 

Frampton,  J.  B Prince  William's Pocotaligo. 

Furhan  J.  C Greenville Greenville  C.  II 

Gadberry,  James  M [Jnion Union  ('.  !I 

Garlinqton,  II.  W Laurens Laurens  C.  II 

Geiqer,  .1.  C Lexington Sandy  Run. 

Gist,  William  II [Jnion Union  Ci  II 


List  of  Members.  117 

Glover,  T.  W Orange Orangeburg. 

Goodwin,  B.  W Marlboro' Brightsyille. 

Gourdin,  R.  N St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charleston. 

Gourdin,  T.  L St.  Stephen's Pineville. 

Green,  II.  J) Sn inter Mechanicsville. 

Greco.  Maxcy Richland Columbia. 

Greco,  "William Edgefield Aiken. 

GrEISHAM,  W.  8 Pick  ens Walhalla. 

Hammond,  A.  J Edgefield Hamburg. 

II. w  m  i .  T.  M St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charleston 

Haellee,  W.  W Marion Mar's  Bluff. 

Haeeison,  James Greenville Cedar  Falls. 

II  ki  \k.  I.  W St. Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charleston. 

IIi.mh  R80N,  E.  E St.  Bartholomew's Blue  House. 

Honoi  i:.  .1.  II St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charleston. 

Hopkins,  William Richland ffopkins'T.O 

Id  t  ni!.  William Pickens Wolf  Creek. 

B  \.  W.  V Prime  William's PoCOtaligO. 

I.\«.i  is,  John  A ( Ihesterfield Cheraw. 

[nqram,  J.  J Clarendon Manning. 

Ja<  eson,  S Chesterfield .Mount  Crogan. 

.1 1  1 1 1  i:n  b,  .lames Union Gowdeysville. 

Jenkins.  John St.  John's,  Colleton Bdisto  Island. 

■--.  .'.  E St.  Paul's \<  la  in.-'  Pun 

Johnson,  W.  D Marlboro' Bennettsville. 

B        .  I, .  M Orange Orangeburg. 

E  [AW,  J.    B Kershaw <  'aim km. 

B         i:i.  B.  V Spartanburg Laurensville 

KiN.M'.n.  .1.  P Newberry Newberry  C.  H 

BLinslj  i:.  J    II Richland Columbia. 

im.  J.  <; Spartanburg Spartanburg  C.  H. 

LAWTON,    B     W I  kirn  well Mhmlale 

I  \    l   Pickens Pendleton 

I  .   R    I     Williamsburg Kin 

l-vms.  W    a Fairfield Strother. 

\i>v.  Edward St.  Philip  and  8  el...Charl 

MoIvre,  Henry..  I  mil Cheraw 

MoKeb,  John I  '  I '    II 

McLeod,  A V  -villo. 

\  i  ii.  A   <■  3t    Philip  a  '  I 

M  a  n  i  < .  \  i  i  ; .  G  Chi 


l  iv  List  of  Members. 

kino,  John   L Clarendon Pulton. 

ICauldin,  B.  P Indereon Williamston. 

M  axwkm.,  John Pickens Pendleton. 

Mai  es,  If.  P Sumter Mayesville. 

Kaztck,  Alexander Bt.  James',  Santec Charl< 

Means,  .'-1 1 11  II Fairfield Bnckhead. 

Mi  m  minger,  C.  Q Bt  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Char) 

M  ii'iu  i  ton,  John  I xar-i. .All  Saints 

Kiddleton,  W St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charleston. 

Miles,  W.  P St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael...  Charleston. 

Moore,  Thomas  W Chester Smith's  T   I » 

Moorman,   R New  lu-ny May  bin  ton. 

Noble,   Edward Abbeville Abbeville  C    11 

N"\\  six,  J.  1 St.  Thomas  and  St.  Dennis. .Charleston. 

O'Heae,  J.  S St.  Thomas  and  St.  Dennis. .Charleston. 

Orr,  James  I Anderson Anderson  C.  11. 

Palmer,  .1.  S St.  Stephen's Echaw. 

Parker,  P.  s Winyttw Georgetown. 

Perrin,  rn, omas  0 Abbeville Ibbevflls  0.  II. 

Pope,  J.  D St.  Helena Beaufort 

Porcher,  F.  .1 St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charli 

Pres8LET,  J.  G Williamsburg Kingstree. 

Qi  attlebatjM,   Paul Lexington Lightwood  Creek. 

Rain  by,  Samuel York Guthriesvnle. 

Seed,  J.  P Anderson Anderson  C.  H. 

Rhett,   R;   15 St  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charli 

Rhodes,  Gh  orge Bt.   Peter's Lawtonrille. 

Richardson,  V.  I> St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael. ..Charli 

Richardson,  .1.  P Clarendon Pulton. 

Robinson,  I).  I' Lancaster ( -raigville. 

Rowell,  W.  B Marion Marion  0.  11. 

Kin.!  doe,  B.  II St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charli 

..  B.  H St  Paul's Summerville. 

BSABROOK,  E.  M  St.  Luke's Blufftov. 

Seabrook,  G.  W.t  Sr St.  John's,  Colleton Charleston 

Sessions,  B.  B Ml  Saints Oonwayboro'. 

Shim; i.i  i;,  J.  M St.  James', Goose  Creek Holly  Hill. 

Shim, i. ik.  W.   P Christ  Church Charleston 

Simons,  t.  Y..  .1  r St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charleston, 

Bimpson,  I;.  F Lnderson Pendleton! 

Bmtlt,  J.  ( ' Edgefield Lotts. 


List  of  Members.  119 

Smith,  J.  J.  P St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charleston. 

Snowdsn,  P.  G St.  John's,  Berkley Black  Oak. 

Spain,  A.  C Sumter Sumter  C.  II 

Spbatt,  L. "W St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charleston. 

Springs,  A.  B York Fori  Mills. 

Stokes,  P St.  Bartholomew's Branchville. 

Sims,  J.  S Union Pacolel    Mills. 

Thompson,  Robert  A Pickens Pick,  na  C.  II 

Thomson,  Thomas Abbeville Lbbeville  C.  H. 

Timmons,  .'     M Darlington Timmonsville. 

Tompkins,  James Edgefield Park's  Store. 

Towns]  nd,  John St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael.Edisto  Island. 

kr,  T.  1) St.  Philip  and  St.  Michael... Charli 

•  \m\mi:.  .J oh n  .I..St .  Mathew'e St .  Mat  hew's. 

Wahdlaw,  D.  I Abbeville Abbeville  C.  II 

H  lw,  I'   H Edgefield Edgefield  C.  II 

Watts,  W.  I> Laurens Laurens  C   1 1 

W         Thomas,  Sr Laurens Clinton. 

Wiiitnkr,  J.  X Anderson Anderson  C.  H 

Williams.  .1.  I> Laurens Spring  Grovo. 

n.  I.  D Darlington Society  Hill.. 

Wilson,  J.  II Lbbeville Abbeville  <     ll 

Wilson,  W.  B York Torkvilie. 

Withers,  T.  .1 Kershaw Camden. 

Woods,   Richard <  Ihester Carmel  Hill. 

x.  Laurens / Laurens  C.  H. 

B    1"   Aimii  n.  Clerk Union Dnion  C    II 


ORDINANCES. 


ORDINANCES. 


The  State  of  Soutb  Carolina. 
At  a  Convention  of  tin1  People  of  tho  State  of  South 
Carolina,  begun  and  holder]  at  Columbia,  on  the  sev- 
enteenth day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  i  ighl  hundred  and  sixty,  and  thence 
continued  by  adjournment  to  Charleston,  and  thi  re, 
by  divers  adjournments,  to  the  twentieth  day  of 
December  in  the  same  year. 

AX  ORDINANCE 

To  DI880LVB  Tin:  USTOH  BETWEEN  Till:  STATE  OF  SOUTH  Caro- 
lina and  other  States  i  ntted  with  her  under  thi:  com- 
pact ENTITLED  "  TlIE  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 

of  America." 

We,  tht    I'  ip&  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  in  Convention 
,,/,/,,/.  do  declare  and  ordain,  and  ft  is  hereby  declared  and 
ordained, 

Thai  the  Ordinance  adopted  by  ua  in  Convention,  on  the 
twenty-third  day  of  May,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thou- 
.(■II  hundred  and  eighty-eight,  whereby  the  Consti- 
tution of  the  United  States  of  America  was  ratified,  and 
also,  all  Acts  and  part  •  ^cts  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  this  State,  ratifying  amendments  of  the  said  <  "< >n-i itu- 
tion,  are  hereby  repealed;  and  thai  the  anion  aow  Bubi 
ing  bel  3  I     rolina  and  other  States,  under  the 

Dame  o1  "The   United  Stat  k,"  is  hereby  dis- 

solved. 

D.  F.  JAMISON,  DeL  ft  ■    B         U,andP     'M 

THOS.  OHO  i  ;\.  .1.   II.   V, 

Ki'w  Thos.  'i 


124 


ORD] 


David  Lwn  a  Wabdlaw, 

A  I.I  l:l.!»    <  '  LLHOl  N. 

John  [zabd  Middleton, 
Bbhj  \min  E.  8]  8SIO] 
.1.  N.  Wmi  m:k, 
Jamba  L.  (  >bb, 

.1.  P.  R]  i  i.. 
U.  F.  Simpson, 

BENJAMEN  Fb  \NKI.IN  Mai  I.I> I 
Lew  [fi  M  LLONB  A\  BE,  Jr., 

W.  Pebonneau  Finely, 
J.  J.  Bbabb  \m, 
BbNJ.  W.  L  LWTON, 
Jno.  McKbe, 
Thomas  W.  Moore, 
Richabd  Woods, 
a.  q.  1>i  movant, 
John  A.  Inglis, 
Hlnky  McIvee, 
Stephen  Jackson, 

\Y.    PlNCKNEI   SlIIXCLER, 

Peter  1'.  Bonneau, 

JOHN   I'.   RlCHAEDSON, 

John  L.  Manm.no, 

JOH»  .1.    LNGEAM, 

EDQAR   W.  Cm  a  ki.es, 
.hi. li  .-  A.  Dargan, 
[saag  1>.  Wilson, 
John  M.  Timmons, 

FSANCIS    Hi  '.11    W  AIM  i  LAW, 

R.  G.  M.  Dunovant, 

.1  LMB8  I'  LBSONS  (  \\KKOLL, 

W'.m.  Gbegg, 
Andrew  .1.  Hammond, 
James  Tompkins, 
.J ami-  ( '.  Bmyly, 
John  II i'o h  Means, 
William  Strotheb  Ltles, 


LMPBELL  I  >a\  !-. 

.i no.  r>i  i  ti\\ 

.1  \Ml>  ('.   FURMAH, 
P.    E.    I"  BTCAN, 

W.  K.  Eablby, 
Jambs  II auk. 
W.  II.  Campbell, 
T.  J.  With] 
bJames  Chbsni  t,  Jr., 
Joseph  Bebv led  Elbbshaw, 
Thos.  W.  Beaty, 
W  i.  J.  Ellis, 

R.  L.  Cfi  LWFOBD, 

\V.  C.  Cauthen, 

D.  P.    ROBINSON, 

H.  C.  Yo\  kg, 

II.    W.  I  I  LEXINGTON, 
JOHN  D.  Williams, 
W.  D.  Watts, 
Thus.  Wibe, 
II.  1.  Caughman, 
John  C.  Geiger, 
I'm  l  Qi  attlebaum, 

W.   B.   ROWBLL, 

Chbslei  I).  Evans, 

Wm.   W.    II  LBLLBB, 

A.  W.  Bbthba, 

E.  W.  Ggodtii  IN, 
Willi  \m  D.  JOHNSON, 
Ai.lx.  McLbod, 
.John  P.  K  in  LED, 
Robert  Moobman, 
Josbpb  Caldwell, 
Simeon  Faie, 

Thom  \s  Woetb  Glover, 
Lawebnob  M.  Kl.lTT, 
Donald  Rowb  JBabton, 

W.M.    Ill   MLK, 


ORDINANCES. 


125 


Andrew  F.  Lewi-. 
Robt.  A.  Thompson, 
William  8.  Grisham, 
John  Maxwell, 
Jno.  E.  Frampton, 
W.  Ferguson  Hi 

W.  F.  Di;  8A1  8SURE, 

"William  Bopkii 
James  II.  Ad\ms, 

M  kXCl   <  I  i;i 

John  II.  Kinsi  er, 

EPHB  IlIM   M.   (  Jl  kREE, 

Alex.  II.  Brown, 
E.  8.  P.  Bellinger, 
Merrice  E.  Cai 
E.  R.  Henderson, 
Peter  Stok 
Daniel  Flud, 
David  C.  A.ppleby, 
R.  W.  Barnwell, 
Dan'i  Tope, 
C.  P.  Brown, 
John  M.  Shingles, 
Daniel  Dd  Pee, 

A.   \\.\7\<  K. 

Willi  \m  (  Unr, 
P.  < ;.  Snows 
Geo.  W.  Be  i  br< 
John  Jenei 

I;,  .i.  D 

E.    M.  Si   kBROOE, 
JOHN  J.   W  \nv  \M  LEER, 

Eu  ks  B.  8<  "it. 
Josei  i!  E.  -i  i  m  i 

L\\..|.<.\    (  'l! 

(  IbORGI    RhODI  B, 

A.  <  i.  M  kGB  \  l  ii. 

Wm.  Por*  her  Miles, 


John  Townsend, 
Robert  X.  <  Iourdin, 
II.  w.  Conner, 
Theodori   I >.  Wagner, 

R.   B  kRNWELL  RHETT, 

C.  G.  Memminger, 

Gabriel  Manigault, 

John  Julius  Pringle  Smith. 

Isaac  W.  II a\  m  . 

Jno.  TI.  Honour, 

Rich'd  Di;  Treville, 

Thos.  M.  Hanceel, 

A.  W.  Burnet, 
Tims.  Y.  Sim 
L.  W.  Sim: att, 
Willi  lms  Middleton, 
F.  I).  Richardson, 

B.  II.  Rutledge, 
Edward  McCrady, 
FB  kNCIS  J.  PORCHER, 

T.  L.  Gourdin, 
John  s.  Palmee, 
John  L.  Lowell, 
John  s.  <  >'Hbar, 

John  < ;.  I- lndri  m. 

r>.  b.  i 

I'-1  \.i  \mi.\  F.  Eilgorb, 

.1  k8.   II.  <  '  kRLISl     . 

SlMPSi  s   Bobo, 

Wm.  <  i  1. 1 1-. 

II.  I>.  Gri  i    . 

M  wnii  \\   p.  M 

Thou  ■  -  Rebsi  Engi  k  \\.  8r. 

\  tJ8  Cfl  kMl  S     kLW, 

J.    M.    (  I  kDBl 

.i.  S.  Sims, 
Wm.  II 

Jeffi 


126 


ORDINAN 


■  NV  W.    I>". 

JOHH  <>■   PW  B8LB7, 

!;.  ( '.  I. 

Fran<  [fl  B.  Pakei*, 

I;      ■.  F\m:i  ii.  Dinkin. 
Samuel  Tai  lob  Atkinx-n, 

Ai.i:.\.  M.  FORBTRR, 


W.M.  BLA<  KniiN   Wii.smM. 
ROBBB  r  T.    Al.I.l-'N, 

Bamubl  B  MM  v. 

A.  B  w 1 1.1;  Sprh 
A.I.  Barrqh, 
A.  T.  Daki.y. 


Attest  :    T>.    F.    Akthvh,    (  /-/•/.. 


ORDINANCES.  127 

The  Stats  of  South  C  irolina. 

At  a  Convention  of  the  People  of  the  Stale  of  South 
Carolina,  begun  ami  holden  at  Columbia,  on  the  aeven- 
teentli  day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty,  and  thence  contin- 
ued by  adjournment  to  <  'harleston,  and  there,  by  divers 
adjournments,  to  the  twenty-second  day  of  December, 
in  the  same  year. 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  alter  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina, 
in  respect  to  the  Oath  of  Office. 

We,  tht  Peoplt  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  in  Convention 
assembled,  do  declare  and  ordain,  and  it  is  hereby  declared  and 
ordained, 

That  the  Fourth  Article  of  the  Constitution  of  the  State 
of  South  Carolina,  heretofore  amended,  be  now  altered  so 
as  to  read  as  follows,  to  wit : 

"All  persons  who  shall  he  elected  or  appointed  to  an) 
office  of  profit  or  trust,  before  entering  on  the  execution 
thereof,  shall  take  (besides  special  oaths  not  repugnant  to 
this  Constitution,  prescribed  by  the  General  Assembly,) 
the  following  oath :  1  d<>  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I 
will  be  faithful,  and  true  allegiance  hear,  to  the  State  of 
South  <  Jarolina,  bo  long  as  1  may  continue  ;i  citizen  thereof, 
and  thai  1  am  duly  qualified,  according  to  the  Constitution 
of  this  State,  to  exercise  the  office  to  which  1  have  been 
appointed,  and  that  I  will,  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  dis- 
charge the  duties  thereof,  and  preserve,  protect  and  d<  fend 
the  Constitution  of  this  State.     So  help  me  God." 

Done  at  Charleston,  the  twenty-second  day  of  December, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  sixty. 

I>.    I\    d.\MlM>\.     /'         '„/. 

Attest:   B.  V.  A  rthi  bl  I  erk. 


ordinances.  129 

The  State  of  South  Carolina. 

At  a  Convention  of  the  People  of  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,  began  and  holder  at  Columbia,  on  the  seven- 
teenth <l:iv  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty,  and  thence  contin- 
ued by  adjournment  to  Charleston,  and  there,  by  divers 
adjournments,  to  the  twenty-second  day  of  December, 
in  the  same  year. 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  make  Provisional  Postal  Arrangements  in  South 
Carolina. 

Whereas,  the  State  of  South  Carolina  owes  it  to  her  own 
citizens,  and  to  those  of  the  other  States,  that,  as  one  of 
the  contracting  parties,  she  should  not  prevent  or  interrupt 
the  performance  of  the  pending  contract  for  carrying  and 
deliyering  of  the  Mails  made  by  the  United  States  while 
South  Carolina  was  one  of  said  States:  Be  it  ordained  by  (he 
/'  j  /  South  OoaroUna,  m  Convention  assembled,  That  the 
existing  postal  contracts  and  arrangements  shall  he  contin- 
ued, and  the  persons  charged  with  the  duties  thereof  shall 
continue  to  discharge  said  duties  until  a  Postal  Treaty  or 
Treaties  shall  be  concluded,  or  until  otherwise  ordered  by 
this  Convention. 

Done  at  Charleston,  the  twenty-second  day  of  December, 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord    One   thousand   eight   hundred 

and  sixty. 

D.   F.  JAMISON,  President. 
Attest:  B.   F.   Arthur,  Cl-rk. 


9 


ORDINANCES.  131 


The  State  of  South  Carolina. 

At  a  Convention  of  the  People  of  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,  begun  and  holder]  a1  Columbia,  on  1  lie  seven- 
teenth day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  ;m<l  sixty,  and  thence  continued 
by  adjournment  to  Charleston,  and  there,  by  divera 
adjournments,  to  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  December,  in 
the  same  year. 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  make  Provisional  Arrangements  for  the  Continuance  of 
Commercial  Facilities  in  South  Carolina. 

Whereas,  it  La  due  to  our  late  confederates  in  the  political 
onion,  known  as  the  United  States  of  America,  as  also  to 
the  citizens  of  South  Carolina  engaged  in  commerce,  that 
no  abrupt  or  Budden  change  be  made  in  the  rate  of  duties 
upon  imports  into  this  State;  and,  whereas,  ii  is  not  desired 
by  tlii-  Stato  to  secure  any  advantage  in  trade  to  her  own 
ports  abov<  those  of  any  of  the  slaveholding  Stales,  her  hit.' 
confederates  in  the  said  Union;  and,  whereas,  this  Ordi- 
naiiee.  foi  the  considerations  indicated,  is  designed  to  he 
provisional  merely  :  therefore, 

We,  '/<■    PeopU  of  fl"  StaU  of  South  Carolina,  in  Qmvention 
!.  ,!■   <l  'Ian   and  ordain,  and  it  is  hereby  declared  and 
ordained, 

First:  That  all  citizens  of  this  St:ite.  •uh,,.  at  the  date  of 
the  Ordinal  5        rion,  were  holding  offio  ted 

with   the  Customs,  under  the  Gtovernn  the  Uni 

ithin  the  limits  of  South  Carolina,  be,  and  t; 
hereby  appointed  to  hold,  under  tl    i 
exclusive  of  any  further  connection  what  ever  with  1 1 
end  I  ment  of  the   United  8tat<  -.   the  same  offl 

they  now  fill,  until  oth<  [\  •  the 

same  pay  and  emoluments  for  their  sen  i< 


182  ORDINAN 

Sirnml:  That  until  this  Convention,  Or  the  (ieneral  As- 
sembly, dull  otherwise  provide,  the  Gtovernor  sluill  appoint 
to  all  vacancies  which  may  occur  in  inch  offi< 

Third:  That,  until  otherwise  provided  by  this  Conven- 
tion, <>r  the  Genera]  Assembly,  the  revenue,  collection  and 
navigation  laws  of  the  United  states.  s.>  far  as  they  may  be 
applicable,  be,  ami  they  are  hereby  adopted,  and  made  the 
laws  of  this  State,  saving  that  no  duties  shall  be  collected 
upon  imports  from  the  States  forming  the  late  Federal 
Union,  known  as  the  United  States  of  America,  nor  upon 
the  tonnage  of  vessels  owned  in  whole  or  in  part  by  the 
citizens  of  the  said  States,  and  Baving  ami  excepting  the 
Act  of  Congress,  adopted  the  8d  day  of  March.  ls17.  enti- 
tled ■•  An  Act  authorizing  the  deposil  of  papers  of  foreign 
V(  --els  with  the  Consuls  of  their  respective  nation-."  which 
said  Act  is  hereby  declared  to  be  of  no  force  within  the 
limits  of  this  State. 

Fourth:  That  all  vessels  huilt  in  South  Carolina,  or  else- 
where, and  owned  to  the  amount  of  one-third  by  a  citizen 
or  citizens  of  South  Carolina,  or  any  of  the  Blaveholding 
commonwealths  of  North  America,  and  commanded  by  I 
citizen  thereof,  and  no  other,  shall  be  registered  as  vessels 

of  South  Carolina,  under  the  authority  of  the  Collector  and 

Naval  ( linear. 
Fifth  :  That  all  the  official  acts  of  the  officers  aforesaid, 

in  which  it  is  usual  and  proper  to  set  forth  the  authority 
under  which  they  act,  Of  the  st_\  le  of  documents  LSSUed  by 
them,  OT  any  of  them,  >hall   he  in  the  nam.'  of  the  State  of 

South  ( Sarolina. 

Sixth:   That  all  moneys  hereafter  Collected  by  any  of  the 

officers  aforesaid  .-hall,  after  deducting  the  sums  necessary 
f.r  the  compensation  of  officers  and  other  expenses,  be 

paid  into  the  Tiva-un  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  for 
the  USe  Of  the  said  State,  BUbjecl  to  the  order  of  this  Con- 
vention, or  the  General  Assembly. 

Seventh:   That  the  officers  aforoaid  thai]  retain  in  their 

hands  all  property  of  the  United  states  in  their  possession, 

Custody,   or    control,   BUbjeot  to    the   disposal  of  this  State, 


ORDINANCES.  133 

who  will  account  for  the  same  upon  a  final  settlement  with 
the  Government  of  the  United  States. 

Done  at  Charleston,  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  December, 

in   the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  sixty. 

D.  F.  JAMISON,  President. 

Attest :  B.  F.  Arthur,  Clerk. 


ORDINANCES.  135 


The  State  of  South  Carolina. 

At  a  Convention  of  the  People  of  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,  began  and  holder)  at  Columbia,  on  the  seven- 
teenth dav  of  Peeeniher,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty,  and  thence  continued 
by  adjournment  to  Charleston,  and  there,  by  divers 
adjournments,  to  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  December, 
iu  the  same  year. 

AX  ORDINANCE 

To  amend  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina 
in  respect  to  the  Executive  Department. 

We,  th<   J\,,rh  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  in  Convention 

embled,  do  declare  and  ordain,  and  it  is  hereby  declared  and 
ordained, 

That  the  Governor  shall  have  power  to  receive  ambassa- 
dors, ministers,  consuls,  and  agents  from  foreign  powers ;  to 
appoint  Buch  agents,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  contingent  fund, 
as  in  his  discretion  he  may  choose  to  employ ;  to  conduct 

gotiations  with  foreign  powers ;  to  make  treaties  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  provided  two- 
thirds  of  the  Senators  present  agree;  to  nominate,  and  by 
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Semite,  to  appoint 

h  ambassadors,  other  public  ministers  and  consuls,  as 
the  Genera]  Assembly  Bhall  have  previously  directed  to  be 
appointed,  and  also  all  other  officers,  whose  appointment 
otherwise  shall  not  have  been  provided  for  by  law ;  to  fill 
all   vacancies  that   may  happen  during  tie  of  the 

In  the  offices  to  which  he  had  the  power  to  nomi- 
nate a-  above  mentions  d,  by  granting  commissions  which 

ill  expire  at  the  i  ad  of  the  next  □  of  th< 

I  to  convene  the  Senate  whenever,  in  his  opinion,  it  may 
be  i  T  .  ■.  during  the  exist- 


136  ORDINAN 

ence  of  a  Convention,  all  treaties  and  directions  for  appoint- 
ment of  ambassadors,  ministers,  or  consuls,  shall  be  subject 
to  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Convention,  or  to  its  sepa- 
rate action. 

And  it  ia  further  ordained,  That  the  Governor  shall  imme- 
diately appoint  f<»ur  persons,  with  the  advice  andcoi 
of  tl»i.-  Convention,  who,  together  with  the  Lientenant- 
t.  nior,  shall  form  a  Council,  t<>  be  called  the  Executive 
Council,  whose  duty  it  -hall  be.  when  required  by  the  Gov- 
ernor, to  advise  with  him  upon  all  matters  which  may  he 
submitted  to  their  consideration;  ami  that  a  record  of  such 
consultations  shall  he  kepi :  Providea\  nevertheleM,  That  the 
Governor  shall,  in  all  cases,  decide  upon  hi.-  own  action. 

Done  at  Charleston,  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  Decem- 
ber, in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  sixty. 

1).  P.  dAMl>n.\,   President. 

Attest:  B.  F.  Arthur,  Ckrk. 


ORDINANCES.  137 


Tiik  State  of  South  Carolina. 

At  a  Convention  of  the  People  of  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,  began  and  holden  at  Colombia)  on  the  sev- 
enteenth day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  out  Lord 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  Bixty,  and  thence 
continued  by  adjournment  to  Charleston,  and  there, 
by  ifiven  adjournments*  to  the  twenty-seventh  day  of 
December  in  the  same  year. 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  alter  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina, 
by  striking  out  certain  words  in  sundry  places. 

We,  the  peopl*  of  ih<  State  of  South  Carolina,  in  Convention 
assembled,  do  declare  and  ordain,  and  it  it  hereby  declared  and 
ordained, 

That  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina  be 
altered  by  striking  therefrom  certain  words  in  sundry 
places,  as  follows,  to  wit:  In  the  Twenty-firsl  Section  of 
the  First  Article,  strike  out  in  two  places  where  they  occur 
in  tlii.—  Section,  the  following  words — "the  United  St 
or  either  of  them."  In  the  Third  Clause  of  the  Second 
Section  of  the  Second  Article,  strike  out  the  following 
word- — "or  under  any  State  or  the  United  States."  In 
the  Sixth  Section  of  the  Second  Article,  Btrike  out  the  fol- 
lowing  words — "except  when  they  shall  be  called  into  the 
actual  service  of  the  United  Stat  In  the  Second  Clause 

of  the  First  Section  of  the  Third  Article,  strike  out  the 
following  words — "the  United  States."  In  the  amend- 
t  <»t  the  amendment  of  the  Fourth  Section  of  the 
First  Article,  (which  amendment  of  the  amendment  * 
ratified  December  twentieth,  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  fifty-six,)  strike  out  the  following  word- — "and  non- 
commissioned officers  and  private  soldiers  of  the  Army 
of  the  United    Si  In    the   Fifth   Section  ol  E 


138  OBD 

Article,  Btrike  out  in  the  places  where  they  occur  in  tiny 
Section,  the  word  "absence, M  and  in  li<-u  thereof  insert 
"removal;"  also  strike  out  "being  absent,"  and  insert  in 
lieu  thei  moval  from  the  8tat< 

Done  at  Charleston,  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  Decem- 
ber, in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  sixty. 

D.  F.  .1  A  Ml><  >\\  President 

Attest :  B.  K.  Akihi  i:.  ( lerk. 


ORDINANCES.  139 


The  State  of  South  C  irolin  \. 

At  a  Convention  of  the  People  of  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,  begun  and  holden  at  Columbia,  on  the  seven- 
teenth day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty,  and  thence  con- 
tinue! by  adjournment  to  Charleston,  and  there,  by 
•livers  adjournments,  to  tin  thirty-firsl  day  of  Decem- 
ber, in  the  same  year. 

\X  OEDINAKqj 

Concerning   Powers  lately   vested  in  the  Congress  of  the 
Dnited  States. 

We,  //<<  People  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  m  Convention 
mbled,  do  declare  and  ordain,  and  it  is  hereby  declared  and 
ordained, 

That  all  powers  which,  by  1 1 1 1  ^  State,  were  heretofore 
delegated  t<»  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  shall  be 
rested  in  the  General  Assembly,  except  that  during  the 
existence  of  this  Convention,  the  powers  of  the  General 
Assembly  shall  not  extend,  without  the  direction  of  this 
mention,  to  any  of  these  subjects,  vie :  Duties  and  Im- 
posts, ili«'  Post-Office,  the  Declaration  <>t  War,  Treat 
federacy  with  other  States,  Citizenship  and  Treason. 

:  Charleston,  the  thirty-first  day  of  December,  in 
tip  if  our  Lord  ''He  thousand  eight  hundred  and 

sixty. 

1).  V.  JAMISON,   /'         nL 

\--    t:  B.  F    u.m  i .  Clerk. 


ORDINANCE.  141 


TriE  State  of  South  Carolina. 

At  a  Convention  of  the  People  of  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,  begun  and  holden  al  Columbia,  ou  tlie  seven- 
teenth day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty,  and  thence  con- 
tinued  by  adjournmenl  t<>  Charleston,  and  tliere,  by 
divers  adjournments,  to  the  thirty-first  day  of  Decem- 
ber,  in  the  same  j  ear. 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  Define  and  Punish  Treason. 

We,  the  Peoplt  of  il"  StaU  of  South  Carolina,  in  Convention 
assembled,  <l"  d><'t<in:  and  ordain,  and  it  is  f<<rJ>y  declared  and 
ordained. 

That  in  addition  to  what  has  been  already  declared  to  be 
treason  by  the  General  Assembly,  treason  againsl  this  State 
shall  consist  only  in  levying  war  againsl  the  State,  or 
adhering  to  its  enemies,  giving  them  aid  and  comfort;  and 
that  treason  Bhall  be  punished  by  death,  without  benefit  of 
clergy. 

Done  at  Charleston,  the  thirty-first  day  of  December,  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
sixty. 

D.  F.  JAMISOK,  President 

Attest  :    B.  F.  A  1:  iini;.  (  tt  rh. 


ORDINANCES.  143 


'I'm  Sr\i i  oi  South  Carolin  l 
At  a  Convention  of  the  People  of  the  Stan-  of  South 
Carolina,  began  ami  holden  al  Columbia,  on  the  seven- 
teenth day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty,  and  thence  contin- 
ued by  adjournment  to  Charleston,  and  there,  by  divers 
adjournments,  to  tin'  thirty-first  day  of  December,  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
sixty. 

\\  ORDINANCE 

Concerning  Judicial  Powers. 

We,  iln  PeopU  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  in  Convention 
nbled,  do  declare  and  ordain,  and  it  is  hereby  declared  and 
ordained, 

That  tlic  judicial  power  heretofore  delegated  by  this  State, 
bo  as  to  form  a  part  of  the  judicial  power  of  the  United 
States,  having  reverted  to  this  State,  shall  be  exercised  by 
such  Courts  a<  the  General  Assembly  shall  direct. 

Done  at  Charleston,  the  thirty-first  day  of  December,  in 
th«'  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 

ty. 

I).   1".  JAMISON,   President 
Attest  :  B.  F.  Am  m  u.  Clerk. 


ORPIN  \N  145 


TnK  State  of  South  Carolina. 

At  a  Convention  of  the  People  of  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,  begun  and  holdeu  at  Columbia,  on  the 
enteentfa  day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  eighi  hundred  and  sixty,  ;in<l  thence 
continued  by  adjournment  to  Charleston,  and  there,  by 
divers  adjournments,  io  the  first  day  <>t'  January  in  the. 
year  <>('  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
sixty-one. 

\\"   <>KDINA\,   i 
( loncerning  Citizenship. 

We,  th*   Peopl  of  tfo  s/,/t,  qf  Smith  Carolina,  in  Convention. 
nbledfdo  declan  and  ordain,  and  it  is  hereby  declared  and 

1.  Every  person  who,  at  the  date  of  the  Ordinan<  of 
ii.  waa  residing  in  this  State,  and  was  t]i"n  l>y 
birth,  residence,  or  naturalization,  a  citizen  of  this  State, 
anal]  continue  ;i  citizen  of  this  State,  unlese  a  foreign  resi- 
dence shall  be  established  by  such  person  with  1 1n-  Inten- 
tion of  expatriation. 

3o,  also,  shall  continue  every  free  white  person  who, 
p  the  date  a  ;.  maj  be  born  within  the  territory 

of  tlii-  i  born  outside  of  that  )•  rritory,  i 

father  who  then  waa  ;i  citizi  n  of  thi  -  St 

•i.   :i  citizen  of  any  one  of  the 

r  the  m  United 

»f  Am.  rica,  who,  within  twelve  montl  the 

date  "l  tin'  ( »]•■;  -  ion,  Bhall  come  t<>  n  side  in 

tlii-  State,  with  the  int.  ntion  "i  n  maining,  upon  such  , 

h  of  all<  1-  low  | 

vid'  d. 

k  So,  also,  ever 
in  tli"  actut 

1" 


1  4  < ,  OBD] 

shall  tal  i'  hia  intention  to  continue  in  Buob  aer- 

fioe  for  at  Least  three  months,  unless  sooner  discharged 
honorably,  and  also  the  oath  of  allegiance  below  prescribed. 
In  this  case,  the  oaths  shall  be  administered  by  some  com- 
missioned officer  of  the  Bervice,  in  which  1 1 1 « -  applicanl  for 
citizenship  maj  be  engaged,  superior  in  rank  to  the  appli- 
cant, and  thereupon  certificate  of  the  citizenship  of  the 
applicant  shall  be  signed  by  the  officer  and  delivered  to  the 
•applicant. 

.">.  s...  also,  every  free  white  person,  not  a  citizen  of  any 
of  the  States  above  mentioned,  who,  at  the  date  of  t'1*' 
Ordinance  of  Secession,  was  residing  in  this  State,  or  who, 
within  one  year  from  thai  date,  shall  come  to  reside  in  this 
Stan-,  with  the  intention  of  remaining,  upon  Buch  person's 
appearing  before  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  t'<>r  an)  of 
the  Districts  of  this  State,  establishing,  by  his  or  her  own 
oath,  tin-  residence  and  intention  here  required,  and  taking 
the  oath  of  allegiance  and  abjuration  b<  low  prescribed. 

6.  So,  also,  every  person,  not  a  citizen  of  any  of  the 
States  above  on  otioned,  at  the  date  aforesaid,  who  maj 
come  bo  reside  in  this  State,  with  the  intention  of  remain- 
ing, and  may  be  naturalized  according  to  the  naturalization 
laws  of  thia  State.  Until  they  may  be  altered  oi  repealed, 
(fee  naturalization  laws  of  the  United  States,  accommodated 
to  the  Bpecial  condition  of  the  State,  are  hereby  made  the 
taws  of  thia  Stat-',  except  that  Instead  of  the  oaths  required 
|wr  those  laws  in  the  linal  A.ct,  the  oath  of  allegiance  ta 
ihi-  State,  and  of  abjurat ion  below  provided,  shall  be 
taken. 

7.  In  all    eases,  the  citizenship  of  a    man    -hall    extend  to 

hi-  wife  present  or  future,  whenever  .-he  shall  have  a  resi- 
dence in  the  State,  and  shall  extend  also  i<>  each  of  his. 
children,  thai  under  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  may  have  g 
residence  in  the  State.     In  like  manner,  the  citizenship  of 

a  woman  shall    extend    to  eaeh  of  her  children,  that    under 

the  age  of  eighteen  years,  may  have  a  residence  in  the 
State;   Provided,  That  in  m>  ease  shall  citizenship  extend 

to  any  person  who  is  not  a  free  white  person. 


8.  Thai  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  this  State  -hull  be  in 
(lie  following  form,  to  wil :  "  I  do  awear  (or  affirm)  that  I 
will  be  faithful,  and  true  allegiance  bear,  to  the  State  <il 
South  Carolina,  aa  long  as  I  may  continue  a  citizen 
thereof." 

'.K  The  oath  of  abjuration  shall  be  in  the  following  form, 

t<»  wit :  "I  do  swear  (or  affirm)  that   I   do  renounce,  and 

forever  abjure,  all  allegiance  and  fidelity  t<>  every  prince, 

potentate,  state,  or  so^  ereignty  whatsoever,  except  the  State 

South  ( 'arolina." 

Done  at  Charleston,  the  first  day  of  January,  in  the  yea* 

of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixly-one 

l>.   1.  J  \MI><»\".    President. 

Attest  :    B.  F.   Aktiiii:.   Clerk. 


ORDIN  'N<  BS.  14(.» 


Thb  State  of  South  Carolis  \. 

At  a  Convention  of  the  People  of  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,  begun  and  holden  at  Columbia,  on  the  seven- 
teenth day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hondred  and  sixty,  and  thence  con- 
tinued by  adjournment  to  Charleston,  and  there,  by 
divers  adjournments,  to  the  tit'tli  day  of  January,  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
sixty-one. 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  vest  in   the  General  Assembly  the  power  to  establish 
Postal  Arrangements. 

We,  th  Peopk  of  tfu  Statt  of  South  Carolina,  in  Convention 
assembled,  dodedart  and  ordain,  and  it  is  hereby  declared  and 
ordained, 

That  all  power  necessary  to  make  Postal  Arranger 
and  enact   Postal   Laws,  is  hereby  vested  in  the  General 
\  sembly. 

Done  at  Charleston,  the  fifth  daj  of  January,  in  the  3  mm 
of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty- 

I).  F.  JAMISON,  President 

Attest  :    B.  F.   A  1. 1  in  ft,   Chrk. 


CORRESPONDENCE 


BETWEEN    THE 


commissioners  of  tfa  $tatt  of  j£o.  Gjja. 


THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


CORRESPONDENCE.  153 


[i.KTTKU    OK    TIIK    COMMISSIONERS    TO    Tin"    PRESIDENT.] 


Washington.  28th  December,  I860. 

Sir:  We  have  the  honor  to  transmit  to  you  ;i  copy  of 
the  full  powers  from  the  Convention  of  the  I  'eople  of  South 
Carolina,  under  which  we  arc  "authorized  and  empowered 
to  treat  with  the  Government  of  the  CTnited  States  for  the 
delivery  of  the  forts,  magazines,  light  houses  and  other 
real  estate,  with  their  appurtenances,  within  the  limits  of 
South  Carolina,  and  also  for  an  apportionment  of  the  pub- 
lic debt  and  for  a  division  of  all  other  property  held  by  the 
Government  of  the  United  States  as  agent  of  the  confed- 
erated Stat(  9,  of  which  South  Carolina  was  recently  a 
member;  and  generally  t<>  negotiate  as  to  all  other  meas- 
ures and  arrangements  proper  to  be  made  and  adopted  in 
the  existing  relation  <>f  the  parties,  and  for  the  continuance 
of  peace  and  amity  between  this  commonwealth  and  the 
Government  at  Washington." 

In  the  execution  of  tln>  trust,  it  is  our  duty  to  furnish 
you,  a-  w e  now  do,  wiili  an  official  copy  "f  the  Ordinance 
of  Secession,  by  which  the  State  of  s<>mli  Carolina  has 
Lined  the  powers  Bhe  delegated  t"  tli«'  Government  of 
the  United  States  and  has  declared  her  perfect  sovereignty 
and  independen 

It  would  also  have  1"  en  our  duty  to  have  informed  you 

m  re  ready  to  te  with  you   upon  all  inch 

a  are  necessarily  raised  by  the  adoption  of  this. 

ordinance,  and  that  re  prepared  t"  enter  upon  tin- 

otiation  with  th<  I  desire  to  avoid  all  unn< 

and  hostile  collision,  and  so  to  inaugurate  our  new  relations 
are  mutual  respi  i  ral  advantage  and  a  future 

I   will  and  harmony    ben<  acial   to  all   the    p&i 
conct  rrn 


164  I'l  N'T. 

But  the  events  of  the  Last  twenty-four  hours  reuder  Buoh 
an  assurance  impossible.  We  came  here  the  representa- 
tives of  :ui  authority  which  could,  at  any  time  within  the 
past  sixty  days,  have  tab  session  of  the  forts  in  Char- 

leston harbor,  but  which,  upon  pledges  given  in  a  manner 
that,  we  cannot  doubt,  determined  n>  trust  to  your  honor 
rather  than  to  its  own  power.  Since  our  arrival  here  an 
officer  of  the  United  States,  acting,  as  we  arc  assured,  not 
only  without  but  against  your  orders,  has  dismantled  one 
fort  ami  occupied  another,  thus  altering,  to  a  mosl  import- 
ant extent,  the  condition  of  affiurt  under  which  we  came. 

Until  these  circumstances   are   explained  in  a   manner 
which  relieves  u-  of  all  doubt  as  to  the  spirit  in  which  th 
negotiations  shall  be  conducted,  we  are  Forced  to  suspend 
all  discussion  as  to  any  arrangements  by  which  our  mutual 
interests  might  be  amicably  adjusted. 

And.  in  conclusion,  we  would  urge  upon  you  the  imme- 
diate withdrawal  of  the  troops  from  the  harbor  of  Charles- 
tdn.  Under  present  circumstances,  they  are  a  standing 
menace  which  renders  negotiation  impossible,  and.  as  our 
recent  experience  shews,  threatens  speedily  to  bring  to  a 
bloody  issue  questions  which  ought  to  be  settled  with  tem- 
perance and  judgment. 

We  have  the  honor,  Sir,  to  he. 

Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servants, 

ft.  W.  BAENvTBLL, 
J.  II.  ADAMB. 
JAMES  L  ORBi 

Oammi$siora  rs. 

Tn  tin     |'|;l  SIDKNT 

of  the  United  States. 


C0RRBSP0NDEN1  B  155 


[r.rri  y  OF  Tin,   PBESIDBNT  TO  Tin:  OOMMISSlONfcaS.] 

Washington  City,  "'"tli  December,  1860. 

Gtntlemen :  I  have  the  jaonor  t-»  receive  your  communi- 
cation of  28th  Lust.,  together  with  a  eopy  of  your  "full 
powers  from  tin*  Convention  of  the  Tropic  of  South  Caro- 
lina," authorising  yon  to  treat  with  the  Government  of  tin1 
United  States  on  various  important  subjects  therein  nn  n- 
tioned,  and  also  a  copy  of  the  Ordinance  bearing  date  on 
the  20th  instant,  declaring  that  "the  Union  now  subsisting 
between  South  Carolina  and  other  States  under  the  name 
of  'the  United  Stat*  -  of  America.'  is  hereby  dissolved." 

In  answer  to  this  communication,  T  have  to  say,  that  my 
position  ;i-  President  of  the  United  States  was  clearly 
defined  in  the  message  to  Congress  of  the  3d  instant.  In 
that  I  stated  that,  "apart  from  the  execution  of  the  laws. 
so  far  as  this  may  he  practicable,  the  Executive  has  no 
authority  to  decide  what  shall  be  the  relations  between 
the  Federal  Government  and  South  Carolina.  He  has 
i  invested  with  no  Buch   discretion.     He  p  no 

power  to  change  the  relations  heretofore  existing  between 
them,  much  h  —  to  acknowledge  the  independence  of  that 
State.  This  would  he  to  invest  ;i  mere  executive  officer 
with  the  power  of  recognizing  the  dissolution  of  the  Con* 
federacy  among  our  thirty-three  sovereign  States.  It  h 
no  resemblance  to  the  recognition  of  a  foreign  d  facto 
government — involving  no  such  responsibility.  Any  at- 
tempt to  do  this  Would,  on  hi-  part,  he  ;i  naked  a<t  of 
■surpation.  It  i-.  therefore,  my  duty  to  submit  to  Con- 
gress tie-  whole  question,  in  all  it-  bearings." 

h  is  my  opinion  still.     I  could,  therefore,  meet  you 
only  ;i-  pir  ntlemen  of  the  highest  chai  and 

tirely  willing  to  communicati        l  any  pro- 

t  I  -  .ii  yon  might  have  to  make  to  that  body  upon 
subject.     Of  this  you  m  re  well  aware.     It  wee  ntj 


CORRESPONDENT  B. 

desire,  that  such  b  disposition  might  1"'  made  of  the  whole 
subject  by  Congress,  who  alone  possess  tne  power,  las  to 
prevent  the  Inauguration  of  a  civil  war  between  the  parties; 
in  regard  to  the  possession  of  the  Federal  Forts  in  the 
harbor  of  Charleston;  and  I  therefore  deeply  regret,  that, 
in  your  opinion,  "the  events  of  the  last  twenty-four  hours 
render  this  impossible."  In  conclusion,  you  urge  upon  me 
"the  immediate  withdrawal  of  the  troops  from  the  harbor 
of  Charleston/'  Btating  that,  "under  present  circumstam 
they  are  a  standing  menace  which  renders  negotiation 
impossible,  and  as  our  recent  experience  shows,  threatens 
speedily  to  bring  to  a  bloody  issue,  questions  which  ought 
to  be  Bettled  with  temperance  and  judgment." 

The  reason  for  this  change  in  your  position  is.  that  Bince 
your  arrival  in  Washington,  "an  officer  of  the  United 
Stales,  acting  as  we  (you)  are  assured,  not  onlywithout,  but 
against  your  (my)  orders,  has  dismantled  one  fort  and  occu- 
pied another,  tints  altering,  to  a  mosl  important  extent,  the 
condition  of  affairs  under  which  we  (you)  came."  You 
also  allege  that  you  came>h.ere  "  the  representatives  of  an 
authority  which  could,  at  any  time,  within  the  past  Bixty 
days  have  taken  possession  of  the  forts  in  Charleston"  har- 
bor, but  which,  upon  pledges  given  in  a  manner  that  we 
(you)  cannot  doubt,  determined  to  trust  to  your  (my)  honor 
rather  than  to  its  own  power." 

This  brings  me  to  a  consideration  of  the  nature  of  those 
alleged  pledges,  and  in  what  manner  they  have  been  ob- 
served. In  my  message  of  the  third  of  December  last,  1 
stated,  in  regard  to  the  property  of  the  United  States  in 
South    Carolina,    that    it     "has    been    purchased    for   a    fair 

equivalent  'by  the  consent  of  the  Legislature  of  the  state,' 
■  for  the  erection  of  ton-,  magazines,  arsenals."  &c,  and 
over  these  the  authority  'to  exercise. exclusive  legislation.' 
has  been  expressly  granted  by  the  Constitution  to. Congress. 

It    is    not    believed    that    any  attempt  will    he  made  to  expel 

the  United  States  from  this  property  by  force;  hut  if  ill 
this  I  should  prove  to  he  mistaken,  the  officer  in  command 

of  the  forts  lias  received  orders  to  act  strictly  on  the  defen- 


CORRESPONDENCE.  157 

sivo.  Hi  Buch  a  contingency,  the  responsibility  fof  conse- 
quences would  rightfully  rest  upon  the  heads  of  the  assail- 
ants." This  being  the  condition  of  the  parties,  on  Saturday, 
fill  December,  four  of  the  representatives  from  South 
Carolina  called  upon  me  and  requested  an  interview.  We 
bad  an  earnest  conversation  on  the  subject  of  these  forts, 
and  the  best  moans  of  preventing  a  collision  between  the 
parties  for  the  purpose  of  sparing  the  effusion  of  blood.  I 
suggested,  for  prudential  reasons,  thai  if  would  be  beal  to 
l»iit  in  writing  what  they  said  to  me  verbally.  They  did  so 
accordingly,  and  on  Monday  morning,  the  10th  instant. 
three  of  them  presented  to  me  a  paper  signed  by  all  the 
representatives  from  South  Carolina,  with  a  single  excep- 
tion, of  which  the  following  is  a  copy: 

Toll     A"    dleney  Jambs  Buchanan,  , 

President  of  the  United  States: 

In  compliance  with  our  statement  to  you  yesterday,  we 
now  express  to  you  our  strong  convictions  that  neither  the 
constituted  authorities,  nor  any  hotly   of  the  people   of  the 

State  of  South  Carolina,  will  either  attack  or  molest  the 
United  States  Forts,  in  the  harbor  of  Charleston,  previous- 
ly   to    the    action    of  the    Convention,    and     we    hop.-    and 

believe,  not  until  an  offer  has  been  made,  through  an 
accredited  representative,  to  negotiate  for  an  amicable  ar- 
rangement cf  all  matters  between  the  State  and  the  Fed- 
eral (io\(  rnnieiit.  provided  that  no  reinforcements  shall  be 
-ent  into  those  forts,  and  their  relative  military  status  shall 
remain  a-  at  present. 

JKO.   MeuFFFX. 

W.M.  PORCHES  MILES, 

M.  F.  F.mMIAM. 

w.  w.  BOYCE, 

F  \wi;f.\<  F  \1.  KFITT. 

Washu  60. 

And  here  I  must,  in  justice  to  mj  lark,  if 

the  time  the  paper  wai  presented   t"  me,  I  I  to  the 


••1  "provided,"  as  ii  mighl  '  rued  i 1 1 r « ^  an  agrees 

m.  "ii  my  part,  which  I  never  would  make.     They  said 
thai  nothing  was  farther  from  their  intention — they  did  not 
understand  it,  and   I   should   nol   so  consider  it.     It  if 
evident  they  could  enter  into  no  reciprocal  agreement  with 
me  on  the  subject     They  did  not  |  ithority 

to  do  this,  and  were  acting  in  their  individual  character. 
1  considered  ii  as  nothing  more,  in  effect,  than  tin-  promise 
<>t'  highly  honorable  gentlemen  to  exert  their  influence  for 
the  purpose  expressed.  The  even!  has  proven  that  they 
have  faithfully  kept  iliis  promise,  although  I  have  never 
Bince  received  a  line  from  any  one  of  them,  or  from  any 
member  of  the  Convention,  on  the  subject,  ft  i-  well 
known  that  it  was  m y  determination,  and  this  I  freely  ex- 
pressed, nol  o.  reinforce  the  forts  in  the  harbor,  and  thus 
produce  a  collision,  until  they  hail  been  actually  attacked, 
or  until  I  ha<l  certain  evidence  that  they  were  about  to  be 
attacked.  This  paper  I  received  most  cordially,  and  con- 
sidered it  as  a  happy  omen  that  peace  mighl  still  he  pre- 
served, and  that  time  might  thus  he  gained  for  reflection. 
This  is  the  whole  foundation  for  the  alleged  pledge. 

But  I  acted  in  the  same  manner  1  would  have  done  had 
I  entered  into  a  positive  and  formal  agreement  with  parties 
capable  of  contracting,  although  such  an  agreement  would 

have  been,  on  my  part,  from  the  nature  of  inv  official  duties. 

Impossible. 

I'he  world  knows  that  1  have  never  sent  any  reinforce- 
ments to  the  forts  in  Charleston  harbor,  and  1  have  cer- 
tainly never  authorized  any  change  to  be  made  "in  their 
relative  military  status." 

Bearing  upon  this  subject,  I  refer  you  loan  order  issued 
by  the  Secretary  of  War,  on  the  Llth  inst.,  to  Major  Ander- 
son, but  not  brought  to  my  notice  until  the  21st  instant. 
[t  is  as  follows  : 

"  Memorandum  of  verbal  instructions  to  Major  A.nderson,  1st 
Artillery,  Commanding  Fort  Moultrie,  8.  C. 

You   are   aware   of  the  great  anxiety  of  the  Secretary  of 


OOEBBSPONDBNCB.  L59 

War  that  a  collision  of  the  troops  with  the  people  of  this 
State  shall  be  avoided,  and  of  hi-  studied  determination  to 
pursue  a  course  with  reference  to  the  military  force  and 
forts  in  this  harbor,  whioh  shall  guard  against  su<  -h  a  col- 
lision. He  has,  therefore,  carefully  abstained  from  inon 
ing  the  force  at  this  point,  or  taking  any  measures  which 
might  add  to  the  present  excited  state  of  the  public  mind, 
or  which  would  throw  any  doubt  on  the  confidence  he  feels 
that  South  Carolina  -will  not  attempt  by  violence  to  obtain 
\u  of  tlic  public  works,  or  interfere  with  their  oc<  u- 
pancy.  Bui  as  the  counsel  and  acts  of  rash  and  impulsive 
persons  may  possibly  disappoint  these  expectations  of  the 
Government,  be  (hems  it  proper  that  you  should  be  pre- 
pared with  instructions  to  meet  so  unhappy  a  contingency, 
lie  has,  therefore,  directed  me,  verbally,  to  give  you  such 
instructs 

You  are  carefully  to  avoid  every  act  which  would  need- 
lytend  to  provoke  aggression  :  and.  for  that  reason,  yon 
ar<    not,  without  evident  and  imminent  necessity,  to  take 
up  any  position  which  could  be  construed  into  the  assump- 
tion of  a  hostile  attitude;  hut  you  arc  to  hold  p 

(he  forts  in  this  harbor,  and,  if  attacked,  you  are  to  del- 

yourself  to  the  last  extremity.  The  smallness  of  your  force 
will  not  permit  you,  perhaps,  to  occupy  more  than  one 
of  the  three  forts;  hut  an  attack  on.  <t  attempt  to  take 
possession  of  either  of  them,  will  he  regarded  a-  an  act  of 
tility,  and  you  may  then  put  your  command  into  either 
of  them  which  you  may  deem  most  proper,  to  in.  i 
power  of  resistance.  You  arc  also  authorized  to  take  simi- 
lar  defensivi  whenever  you  have  tangible  evidence 

;i  d<   ign  to  proceed  to  ;<  hostile  act. 

I>.  1'.  BUTLER,  Assistant  Adjutant  General 

1  Moi  i  i  i.n  .  s.  <  ..  Dec,  11.1 860. 

in  conformity  to  my  in-- 1  to  Major  Buell. 

JOHN  B.  FLOYD,  S  /  War. 


1 . 

Thee  the  last   instructions  transmitted  to   M 

Anderson  before  his  removal  to  Fort  Sumter,  with  a  single 

ption  in  regard  i<<  ;i  particular  which  does  m>t.  in  any 
degree,  affect  the  present  question.  Under  these  circum- 
stances, it  is  clear  thai  Major  Anderson  acted  upon  his  own 
responsibility,  and  without  authority,  unless,  indeed,  be  had 
"tangible  evidence  of  a  design  t<>  proceed  t.>  a  hostile  act," 
on  the  part  of  the  authoritii  S  »uth  Carolina,  which  has 
not  yet  been  alleged.  Still,  In-  fa  :i  brave  ami  honorable 
officer;  and  justice  requires  that  In'  should  not  be  con- 
demned without  a  lair  hearing. 

Be  tlii-  ;i-  it  may,  when  I  Learned  that  Major  Ami 
had  Lefl  Fort  Moultrie,  and  proceeded  t->  Fort  Sumter,  my 
first  promptings  were  to  command  him  t<>  return  to  his 
former  position,  ami  there  t<>  await  the  oontingi  ucies  pre- 
sented in  his  instructions.  This  could  only  have  been  done, 
with  any  degree  of  safety  t<>  the  command,  by  the  concur- 
rence of  tin-  South  Carolina  authorities.  But,  before  any 
Btepg  could  possibly  have  been  taken  in  this  direction,  we 
received  information,  dated  on  the  28th  instant,  that  "the 
Palmetto  flag  floated  out  t<«  the  breeze  at  Castle  Pinckne^, 
and  a  large  military  force  went  over  Last  night  (the  JTth 
Fort  Moultrie."  Thus  the  authorities  of  South  Carolina, 
without  waiting  or  asking  for  any  explanation,  and  doubt- 
Le8s  believing,  a-  you  have  expressed  it,  that  the  officer  had 
acted  not  only  without,  hut  against  my  orders,  on  the  verj 
next  day  after  the  uighl  when  the  removal  was  made, 
seized,  by  a  military  force,  two  of  the  three  federal  forts  in 
the  harbor  of  Charleston,  and  have  covered  them  under 
their  <>\vn  flag,  instead  of  that  of  the  United  States.  At 
this  gloomy  period  of  our  history,  startling  events  succeed 
each  other  rapidly.  On  the  ^  erj  day  (the  27th  instant)  that 
po  esaion  of  these  two  forts  was  taken,  the  Palmetto  flag 
was  raised  over  the  Federal  Custom  Souse  and  Post  Office 
in  CharlestoD  ;  and.  <>n  the  same  day,  every  officer  of  the 
Customs — Collector,  Naval  Officers,  Surveyor  and  A.pprais- 

■resigned  their  offices.     Ami  this,  although  it  was  well 
»wn,  from  ih«  Language  of  my  message,  that,  as  an  execu- 
tive officer,  I  i;l!  myself  bound  to  collect  the  revenue  at  the 


0ORRE8PONDEHCB.  161 

port  of  CharlestOE  under  the  existing  laws.  In  the  harbor 
of  Charleston,  we  now  find  three  forte  confronting  each 
other,  over  all  of  which  the  federal  flag  floated  only  four 
days  ago ;  but  now,  over  two  of  them,  this  flag  has  been 
supplanted,  and  the  Palmetto  flag  baa  been  substituted  in  its 
stead,  li  is.  under  all  these  circumstances,  thai  I  am  urged 
immediately  to  withdraw  the  troops  from  the  harbor  of 
Charleston,  and  am  informed  thai  without  this,  negotiation 
is  Impossible.  This  I  cannot  do;  this  I  will  not  do.  Such 
an  idea  was  never  thought  of  by  me  in  any  possible  con- 
tingency. No  allusion  to  it  had  ever  been  made  in  any 
communication  between  myself  and  any  human  being. 
But  the  inference  is.  that  I  am  bound  to  withdraw  the  troops 

from  theonlj  fort  remaining  inthepo ion  of  the  United 

States  in  the  harbor  of  Charleston,  because  the  officer  then 
in  command  of  all  the  forts  thought  proper,  without  instruc- 
tions, to  change  his  position  from  one  of  them  to  another. 
I  cannot  admit  the  justice  of  anv  such  inference. 

At  this  point  of  writing,  I  have  received  information,  by 
telegram,  from  Captain  Humphreys,  in  command  of  the 
Arsenal  at  Charleston,  "that  it  has  to-day  (Sunday,  the 
30th)  been  taken  by  force  of  arms."  It  is  estimated  that 
the  munitions  of  war  belonging  to  the  DnitedStates  in  this 
Arsenal  are  worth  half  a  million  of  dollar-. 

Comment  is  needless.  After  this  information,  I  have 
only  t«.  add,  that,  whilst  it  is  my  duty  to  defend  Port 
Sumter,  as  a  portion  of  the  public  property  of  the  United 
against  hostile  attacks  from  whatever  quarter  they 
may  come,  by  such  means  as  I  may  posw  ss  for  this  pur- 
.  I  do  not  perceive  how  such  a  defence  can  be  con- 
strued into  .1  in-  i  ii-i  the  City  of  <  lharleston. 

With  great  personal  n  gard,  I  remain 

Fours,  very  respectfully, 

J  kMEfi   BUt  1  IAN  AN. 

/    //      ■'////, 

I'.T     W.      !  |  J,I„ 

•  I  '  MI  -     II.     A  I.  ' 

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10J  CORRESPOND 


cmsSIOKI  EM    i"    ;  in     1 1 


HINGTON,    D.    C. 

Januar  61. 

S    .   We  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of 
your  letter  of  th<    30th   December,  in   reply  to  a  noto 
dressed  by  as  to  you  on  the  28tb  of  the  same  month, 
Commissioners  from  South  Carolina. 

In  reference  to  the  declaration  with  which  your  reply 
commences,  thai  "your  position  as  Presidenl  of  the  United 
States  was  clearly  defined  in  the  Message  to  Congress  of 
the  3d  instant,"  thai  you  possess  "  no  pow<  r  to  change  the 
relations  heretofore  existing "  between  South  Carolina  and 
the  United  States,  "much  less  to  acknowledge  the  inde- 
]..  udence  of  thai  State;"  and  that,  consequently,  you  could 
meet  as  only  as  private  gentlemen  of  the  highesl  character, 
with  an  entire  willingness  to  communicate  to  Congress 
any  proposition  we  mighl  have  to  make,  we  deem  it  only 
necessary  to  say,  thai  the  State  of  South  Carolina  having, 
in  the  exercise  of  thai  greal  righl  bf  self-government  which 
underlies  all  our  political  organizations,  declared  herself 
sovereign  and  independent,  we,  as  her  representatives,  felt 
no  special  solicitude  as  to  the  character  in  which  you 
mighl  recognize  us.  Satisfied  thai  the  State  had  simplj 
exercised  her  unquestionable  right,  we  were  prepared,  in 
order  to  reach  substantia]  good,  to  waive  the  formal  con- 
siderations which  your  constitutional  scruples  might  have 
|,p  Miit.d  you  from  extending.  V7e  came  here,  therefore, 
expecting  to  be  received  as  you  did  receive  us.  and  per- 
fectly content  with  that  entire  willingness  of*  which  you 
assured  us.  to  submit  any  proposition  to  Congress  which 
we  mighl  have  to  make  upon  the  subject  of  the  independ- 
ence of  the  State.  That  willingness  whs  ample  recognition 
of  the  condition  of  public  affairs  which  rendered  our  pros- 


COBRESPONDBNCE.  168 

ence  necessary.  Tn  this  position,  however,  it  is  our  duty, 
both  to  the  State  which  we  represent  and  to  ourselves,  to 
correct  several  important  misconceptions  of  our  letter  into 
which  yon  have  fallen. 

Yon  say,  "It  was  my  earnest  desire  that  such  a  disposi- 
tion might  be  made  of  the  whole  Bubject  by  Congress,  who 
alone  |  the  power  to  prevent  the  inauguration  of  a 

civil  war  between  the  parties  in  regard  to  the  possession 
of  the  Federal  forts  in  the  harbor  of  Charleston;  and  I, 
therefore,  deeplyregret  that,  in  your  opinion,  'the  events 
of  the  last  twenty-four  hours  render  this  impossible.' "  We 
expressed  no  such  opinion,  and  the  Language  which  yon 
quote  as  ours,  is  altered  in  its  sense  by  the  omission  of  a 
most  important  part  of  the  sentence.  What  we  did 
was:  "But  the  events  of  the  last  twenty-four  hours  render 

assurance  impossible."     Place  that  "assurance" 
contained  in  our  Letter,  in  the  sentence,  and  we  arc  prepared 
to  repeat  it. 

Again,  professing  to  quote  our  language,  you  say: — 
"Thus  the  authorities  of  South  Carolina,  without  waiting 
or  asking  for  any  explanation,  ami.  doubtless,  believing,  SB 
you  have  expressed  it,  that  the  officer  had  acted  not  only 
without,  but  against  my  orders,"  Stc  We  expressed  no 
such  opinion  in  reference  to  the  belief  of  the  people  of 
South  Carolina.    The  language  which  you  have  quot 

applied  solely  and  entirely  to  our  assurance,  obtained 
here,  and  based,  as  yon  well  know,  upon  your  own  declara- 
tion— a  declaration  which,  at  thai  time,  it  was  impossible 
for  the  author'n  ith  Carolina  to  have  known.     But, 

without  following  this  letter  into  all  it-  details,  we  pro] 

only  to  meet  the  chief  points  of  the  argument. 

Smne  v.  State    -I'  S.-uth    ( 'arolinii 

her  intention,  in  the  existing  condition  ><i"  public  affairs,  t<> 
d(    from  the  United  S1  3he  called  a  Convention 

of  her  peo]  it  her  declaration  in  force.    The  Con- 

tention met,  and  passed  the  Ordinance  of  fi     i       >n.     All 

this  yon  anticipated,  and  your   COUIte   of  action   wai  t] 
OUghly  OOnsiden  d.      In  your  annual   message,  you  declared 


Iti4  3P0NDBW 

yon  had  no  right,  aod  would  ao1  attempt, to  i  d- 

ing  State,  but  thai  yon  were  bound  by  your  constitutional 
oath,  and  would  defend  the  property  of  the  United  BtatM 
within  the  borders  of  South  Carolina,  it'  an  attempt  • 
made  to  take  it  by  force.  Seeing  very  early  that  this  ques- 
tion of  property  was  a  difficult  and  deli  .  you  mani- 
fested .1  desire  to  settle  it  without  collision.  You  did  not 
reinforce  the  garrisons  in  the  harbor  <>t'  Charleston.  You 
removed  :i  distinguished  :m<l  veteran  officer  from  the  com- 
mand of  Fort  Moultrie,  because  he  attempted  to  incn 
his  supply  of  ammunition.  You  refused  to  send  additional 
troops  i"  the  same  garrison  when  applied  for  by  the  officer 
appointed  to  succeed  him.  Yon  accepted  the  resignation 
of  the  oldest  and  most  eminent  member  of  your  Cabinet, 
rather  than  allow  these  garrisons  to  be  strengthened.  You 
eompelled  as  officer  stationed  at  Fort  Sumter,  to  return 
immediately  to  the  Arsenal,  forty  muskets  which  he  had 
taken  to  arm  his  men.  You  expressed  not  to  one,  but  to 
many,  of  the  most  distinguished  of  our  public  characters, 
whose  testimony  will  be  placed  upon  the  record,  whenever 
it  is  necessary,  your  anxiety  for  a  peaceful  termination  of 
this  controversy,  and  your  willingness  not  to  disturb  the 
military  status  <>!'  the  forts,  if  Commissioners  Bhould  be 
sent  to  the  (Jovernment,  whose  communications  you  prom- 
ised to  submit  to  Congress.  Yon  received  and  acted  on 
assurancee  from  the  highest  official  authorities  of  South 
Carolina,  that  no  attempt  would  be  made  to  disturb  your 
possession  of  the  forts  and  property  of  the  United  States, 
if  you  would  not  disturb  their  existing  condition  until 
Commissioners  had  been  Bent,  and  the  attempt  to  negotiate 
had  foiled.  You  took  from  the  members  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  a  written  memorandum  that  no  such 
attempt  should  be  made,  "provided  that  qo  reinforcements 

shall  be  sent  into  those  fort-,  and  their  relative  military 
status  shall  remain  a>  at  present."  And,  although  you 
attach  no  force  to  the  acceptance  of  Buch  a  paper,  although 
vnn  "considered  it  as  nothing  more  in  effect  than  the 
promise  of  highly  honorable  gentlemen,"  as  an  obligation 


CORRESPONDENCE.  165 

on  one  side  without  corresponding  obligation  on  the  other, 
it  must  be  remembered  (if  we  are  rightly  informed)  that 
you  were  pledged,  if  you  ever  did  send  reinforcements,  to 
return  it  to  those  from  whom  you  had  received  it  before 
you  executed  yum-  resolution.  You  sent  orders  to  your 
officers,  commanding  them  strictly  to  follow  a  Line  of  con- 
duct in  conformity  will)  such  an  understanding. 

Beside  all  this,  you  had  received  formal  and  official 
notice  from  the  Governor  of  South  Carolina,  that  we  had 
been  appointed  Commissioners,  and  were  on  our  way  to 
Washington.  You  knew  the  implied  condition  under 
which  we  came;  our  arrival  was  notified  to  you,  and  an 
hour  appointed  for  an  interview.  We  arrived  in  Washing" 
ton  on  Wednesday,  at  three  o'clock,  and  you  appointed  an 
interview  with  us  ni  one  the  next  day.  Early  on  that  day, 
Thursday,  the  news  was  received  here  of  the  movement  of 
Major  Anderson.  That  news  was  communicated  to  you 
immediately,  and  you  postponed  our  meeting  until  half- 
pa-t  two  o'clock,  on  Friday,  in  order  that  you  miirht  con- 
sultyour  ( 'ahinet.  On  Friday  we  saw  VOU,  and  we  called 
Upon  you  then  to  rede,  ni  your  pledge.  You  could  not 
deny  it.  With  the  facts  we  have  stated,  and  in  the  nice  of 
the  crowning  and  conclusive  fact,  that  your  Secretary  of 
War  had  resigned  his  seat  in  the  <  labinet,  upon  the  publicly 
avowed  ground  thai  the  action  of  Major  Anderson  had 
violated  the  pledged  faith  of  the  Government,  and  that  un- 
less the  pledge  was  instantly  redeemed,  he  was  dishonored; 
denial  was  impossible;  you  did  not  deny  it  You  do  nol 
di  uy  it  now.  hut  you  seek  to  i  scape  from  it>  obligation  on 
two  grounds:  Let,  That  101  terminated  all  negotiation  by 
d<  man<  preliminary,  the  withdrawal  of  the  Unit  d 
>m  the  harbor  of  Charleston;  and  2d,  That 
the  authorities  of  South  Carolina,  instead  of  asking  expla- 
nation, and  you  tl pportunity  to  vindicate  your* 

■  ■I'  other  pi 
Wi  p      i  •  .1  ni i ne  both. 

In  the  tir-t  place,  we  d<  qj    positively,  thai  i 
in  ..  ich  demand.      <  >ur  letter  is 

it  will  stand  by  tin-  on  tie  Da  it, 


1»V.  COR 

inform  you  !'  our  mission.     We  Bay  thai  it 

i  our  duly  to  li;;  I  of  OUT  read- 

UK  sa  i"  c  >mn  i  nee  negotiatioi  -  with  thi  I   i  arn<  91   and 

anxious  desire  to  settle  all  questions  i  n  us  amicably, 

and  to  OUT  mutual  advantage,  but  tl  -  had  )• 

that  assurance  impossible.  We  Btated  the  events,  and  wo 
.-aid  that,  until  some  satisfactory  explanation  of  th< 
,t-  was  given  us.  we  could  not  proceed,  and  then,  1 
Lag  mad. •  this  requesl  tor  explanation,  we  added,  "and,  in 
conclusion,  we  would  urge  upon  you  the  immediate  with- 
drawal of  the  troops  from  the  harbor  of  Charleston.  Under 
present  circumstances  they  are  a  standing  menace,  which 
renders  negotiation  impossible,"  flee.  "Under  present  cu> 
cumstani  What  circumstances!      Why.  dearly,   the 

occupation   of  Fort  Sumter,  and  the  dismantling  of   !■ 
Moultrie  by  Major  Anderson,  in  the  h  >ur  pledg 

and  without  explanation  or  practical  disavowal.    And  t! 
is  nothing  in  the  Letter,  which  would  or  could  have  prevent" 
ed  you  from  declining  to  withdraw  the  troops,  and  offering 
the  restoration  of  the  status  to  which  you  were  pledged,  if 

BUCh  had  been  your  desire.      It  would  have    been  wiser  and 

better,  in  our  opinion,  to  have  withdrawn  the  troops,  and 
this  opinion  we  urged  upon  you.  but  we  demanded  nothing 
hut  Buch  an  explanation  of  the  events  of  tin-  last  twenty- 
four  hours  as  would  re-lore  our  Confidence  in  the  spirit 
with  which  the  negotiation  Bhould  !"■  conducted.  In  rela- 
tion to  this    withdrawal   of  the   troops  from   the   harhor.  we 

are  compelled,  however,  to  notice  one  passage  of  your  let- 
ter.    Referring  to  it,  you  Bay:  "This]  cannot  do.    This  I 

will  not  do.      Such  an  idea  was  never  thought  of   by    nie  in 

any  possible  contingency.     No  allusion  to  it  had  ever  been 

made    in    any     communication     between    myself    and    any 

human  being." 

In  reply  to  thi-.  statement,  we  are  compelled  to  say,  that 

your  conversation  with  us   left    upon  our  minds  the  distinct 

impression  that  you  did  seriously  contemplate  the  with- 

draws]    of    the    troops    from    Charleston    harhor.      And,    in 

support  of  thi-  impression,  we  would  add  that  we  have  the 
positive  assurance  of  gentlemen  of  the  highest    possible 


CORRESPONDENCE.  167 

public  reputation,  and  the  most  unsullied  integrity — men 
whose  name  and  feme,  secured  by  Long  service  and  patriotic 
achievement,  place  their  testimony  beyond  cavil — thai  such 
ions  had  been  math'  to,  and  urged  upon  you  by 
them,  and  had  formed  the  subject  of  more  than  one  earn- 
est discussion  with  you.  Ami  it  was  this  knowledge  that 
induced  us  to  urge  upon  von  a  policy  which  had  to  n  com- 
mend it.  its  own  wisdom  and  the  weighl  of  such  authority. 
N  to  the  second  point,  that  th<  authorities  of  South  Caro- 
lina, instead  of  asking  explanations,  and  giving  you  the 
opportunity  to  vindicate  yourself,  ti  Lon  of  other 

property  of  the  United  States,  we  would  observe,  l>t.  That, 
even  if  this  were  so,  ii  does  not  avail  you  for  defence,  for 
the  opportunity  for  derision  was  afforded  you  before  ti: 

curred.  We  arrived  in  Washington  on  Wednesday. 
Tlte  news  from  Major  Anderson  reached  here  early  on 
Thursday,  ami  was  immediately  communicated  to  yon.  All 
that  day,  men  of  the  highest  consideration — : men  who  had 
striven  successfully  to  lift  you  to  your  great  office — who 
had  been  your  tried  and  true  friends  through  the  troubles 
of  your  administration — soughl  you,  and  entreated  yon  to 
—to  act  •  They  told  you  that  every  hour  com- 

plicated your  position.     They  only  asked  you  to  give  the 

were  so — that,  if  the  Command- 
er had  acted  without,  and  againsl  your  orders,  and  in  vio- 
lation of  your  pledges,  thai   you  would  restore   ti: 
you  had  pledged  your  honor  to  maintain. 

.   refused  to  decide.     Yovlt  Secretary  at  War — your 
immediate  and  prop*  r  adviser  in  thie  whole  nutter — wait 
y  for  your  d<  cision,  until  he  fell 
»ming  dishonor.     More  than  t  ed,  and 

I  adjourned  before  you  knew  what 

authorities  of   South    Carolina   had   done,   and   your 
proi  'i  at  any  moment  of  that  time,  would  1. 

d<d   th<  tiona.     Bui    it'  you   had 

known  th<  South  <  iuld 

that   h..       i  I  your  L 

dition  of  tl  I    >r  the 

had   in  <  bor,  no-  to  hold  I 


168  00BRB8POHBHNI 

forts  against  an  equal  enemy.  Two  of  them  were  empty; 
one  of  those  two,  the  moat  important  in  the  harbor.  It 
could  have  been  taken  at  any  time.  You  ought  t<>  know 
better  than  any  man.  thai  it  would  have  been  taken,  but 
for  the  <  Kbits  of  those  who  put  their  trust  in  your  honor. 
Believing  that  they  were  threatened  by  Fort  Sumter  espe- 
cially, the  people  were,  with  difficulty,  restrained  from 
securing,  without  blood,  the  possession  of  this  Important 
fortress.  Alter  many  and  reiterated  assurances  given  on 
your  behalf,  which  we  cannot  believe  unauthorized,  they 
determined  t<>  forbear,  and  in  good  faith  Bent  on  their  Com- 
missioners t<»  negotiate  with  you.  They  meant  you  no 
harm  :  wished  you  no  ill.  They  thought  of  you  kindly, 
believed  you  true  ami  were  willing,  as  far  as  was  consistent 
with  duty,  to  -pare  you  unnecessary  and  hostile  collision. 
Scarcely  had  their  Commissioners  left,  than  Major  Ander- 
son waged  war.  No  other  words  will  describe  his  action. 
It  was  not  a  peaceful  change  from  one  fort  to  another:  it 
was  a  hostile  act  in  the  highest  sense — one  only  justified  in 
the  presence  of  a  Buperior  enemy,  and  in  imminent  peril. 
He  abandoned  his  position,  spiked  his  guns,  burned  his  gun- 
carriages,  made  preparations  for  the  destruction  of  his  post, 
and  withdrew  under  cover  of  the  night  to  a  safer  position. 
This  was  war.      No  man  could  have  believed  (without  your 

assurance)  that  any  officer  could  have  taken  Buch  a  Btep, 

"not  only  without  orders,  hut  againsl  orders."  What  tin- 
State  did.  was  in  Bimple  self-defence;  lor  this  act.  with  all 
its  attending  circumstances,  was  as  much  war  as  firing  a 

volley :  and  war  being  thus  begun,  until  those  commencing 
it  explained  their  action,  and  disavowed  their  intention, 
there    was  no   room  lor  delay  :   and.    even    at    this  moment. 

while  we  are  writing,  ii  is  more  than  probable,  from  the 

tenor  of  your  letter,  that  reinforcements  are  hurrying  on  to 

the   conflict,  BO   that  when   the  first  gun  shall  he  tired,  there 

will    have    been,    on    your   part,   one   continuous   consistent 

series  ofactions  commencing  in  a  demonstration  essentially 
warlike,  supported  by  regular  reinforcement,  and  terminat- 
ing in  defeat  or  victory.  And  all  this  without  the  slight- 
est provocation:   for.    among   the  many  things    which  you 


OOBRESPONDElfCB.  169 

have  said,  there  is  one  thing  yon  cannot  say — you  have 
waited  anxiously  for  news  from  the  seat  of  war.  in  hopes 
that  delay  would  furnish  some  excuse  for  this  precipitation. 
But  this  "tangible  evidence  of  a  design  to  proceed  to  a 
hostile  act,  on  the  part  of  the  authorities  of  South  Caroli- 
na," (which  is  the  only  justification  of  Major  Anderson,) 
you  arc  forced  to  admil  "has  not  yet  been  alleged."  But 
yon  have  decided.  You  have  resolved  to  hold  by  force 
what  you  have  obtained  through  our  misplaced  confidence, 
and  by  refusing  to  disavow  the  action  of  Major  Anderson, 
have  converted  his  violation  of  orders  into  a  Legitimate  act 
of  your  Executive  authority.  Be  the  issue  what  it  may,  of 
this  we  are  assured,  that,  if  Fort  Moultrie  has  been  recorded 
in  history  as  a  memorial  of  Carolina  gallantly,  Fort  Sum- 
ter will  live  upon  the  succeeding  page  as  an  imperishable 
mony  of  <  'arolina  faith. 

By  your  course,  you  have  probably  rendered  civil  war 
inevitable.  !><■  it  so.  It'  you  choose  to  force  this  i-sue 
upon  us,  the  State  of  South  Carolina  will  accept  it.  and, 
relying  upon  Him  who  is  the  Gk)d  of  justice  us  well  as  the 
of  hosts,  will  endeavor  to  perform  the  great  duty 
which  lies  before  her,  hopefully,  bravely  and  thoroughly. 

Our  mission  being  one  for  negotiation  and  peace,  and 

your  note   leaving  US  without   hope  of  a  withdrawal  of  the 

troops  from  Fort  Sumter,  or  of  the  restoration  of  the  status 
quo  existing  at  the  time  of  our  arrival,  and  intimating,  ae 
we  think,  your  determination  to  reinforce  the  garrison  in 
the  Harbor  of  Charleston,  we  respectfully  inform  you  that 
we  propose  returning  to  Charleston  on  to-morrow  after* 
noon. 

We  have  the  honor  to  be,  sir,  very  respectfully,* 
Tour  obedient  servants, 

i;.  w.  B  \i;n\vki.l. 
J.  II.  ADAM* 
JAMES  L  ORE. 

T"  11 

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v: 


170  C0RK1>1'"NDENCE. 

The  last  communication  is  endorsed  as  follows: 

BZBOl  Tivi;    Mansion, 

3|  o'clock.  Wednesday. 

This  paper,  just  presented  to  the   President,  is  of  BUch   B 
character  that  he  declines  to  receive  it. 


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